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Phytobezoar: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Phytobezoar is an unusual cause of small bowel obstruction. It accounts for about 0.4%-4% of all mechanical bowel obstruction. However, the symptoms are not very different from those caused by usual aetiologies of small bowel obstruction.
Anupama Pujar K., Sreekar Pai A., Bharati Hiremath V.   +2 more
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Successful Vaginal Delivery during Acute Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021
Small bowel obstruction during pregnancy is rare and can be detrimental to both mother and fetus. In most cases, management eventually involves surgical intervention.
Angela J. Stephens, Stephen M. Wagner, Beth L. Pineles, Eleazar E. Soto   +3 more
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Sigmoid carcinoma with sigmoid-rectal intussusception presenting as rectal prolapse and large bowel obstruction in the ED

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021
Background Intestinal obstruction is a surgical emergency with most cases being small bowel obstruction. Large bowel obstruction is comparatively uncommon and colonic malignancies are a usual cause.
Pallabi Mazumdar, Pawan Kumar, Glory Katiyar, Muniza Mulla, Sanjay Sardessai   +4 more
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Outcomes of obstructed abdominal wall hernia: results from the UK national small bowel obstruction audit

BJS Open, 2020
Background Abdominal wall hernia is a common surgical condition. Patients may present in an emergency with bowel obstruction, incarceration or strangulation.
National Audit of Small Bowel Obstruction Steering Group and National Audit of Small Bowel Obstruction Collaborators, NASBO Steering Group, NASBO Collaborators, West Midlands Research Collaborative   +3 more
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Appendiceal Mucinous Tumor Presenting as Recurrent Bowel Obstruction

Diagnostics, 2022
Appendiceal mucinous tumors are rare, with variable malignant potential, and they are usually found incidentally. Clinical symptoms are nonspecific. Rarely, appendiceal mucinous neoplasm causes bowel obstruction and makes diagnosis more difficult.
Wei-Tang Lin, Yen-Hsiang Wang, Wei-Yu Chen, Wilson T. Lao   +3 more
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A Danish study on emergency or urgent surgery for small bowel obstruction in adults: Incidence, causes, administration of antibiotics, and infectious complications

Surgery Open Science, 2022
Background: Small bowel obstruction is potentially life-threatening; however, the incidence of surgery for small bowel obstruction is unknown, the patient characteristics are poorly described, and the triggers for giving antibiotics with possible ...
Anders Watt Boolsen, MD, Birgitte Brandstrup, MD, PhD   +1 more
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Large bowel obstruction caused by urinary retention from benign prostate hyperplasia

Radiology Case Reports, 2019
Although large bowel obstruction is a common surgical emergency, its occurrence due to bladder distension is rarely reported in the literature. We report a case of large bowel obstruction caused by bladder distention secondary to benign prostate ...
Tomohiro Fujisaki, MD, Yasuhiko Fujita, MD, Hiroyuki Mizuta, MD, Naohisa Niina, MD, Nodoka Miyazaki, MD, Atsushi Tashiro, MD, Takahiro Hayashi, MD, Naotsuna Tada, MD, Norio Tomono, MD   +8 more
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Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by Aloe vera Bezoars: A Case Report

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017
Small bowel obstruction is a clinical condition commonly caused by postoperative adhesion, volvulus, intussusceptions, and hernia. Small bowel obstruction due to bezoars is clinically uncommon, accounting for approximately 2-4% of all obstructions ...
In Taik Hong, Jae Myung Cha, Hye Jin Ki, Min Seob Kwak, Jin Young Yoon, Hyun Phil Shin, Jung Won Jeoun, Sung Il Choi   +7 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasound for Small Bowel Obstruction in Paediatric Population Undergoing Laparotomy Keeping Surgical Findings as the Gold Standard

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2022
Objective: To analyze the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in small bowel obstruction in the paediatric population and compare it with surgical findings. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Rabia Liaqat, Ayesha Isani Majeed, Bushra Liaqat, Aqeel Shafi, Ramish Riaz, Samina Akhtar   +5 more
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Prediction model for irreversible intestinal ischemia in strangulated bowel obstruction

BMC Surgery, 2022
Background Preoperatively diagnosing irreversible intestinal ischemia in patients with strangulated bowel obstruction is difficult. Therefore, this study aimed to establish a prediction model for irreversible intestinal ischemia in strangulated bowel ...
Toshimichi Kobayashi, Naokazu Chiba, Itsuki Koganezawa, Masashi Nakagawa, Kei Yokozuka, Shigeto Ochiai, Takahiro Gunji, Toru Sano, Koichi Tomita, Satoshi Tabuchi, Eiji Hidaka, Shigeyuki Kawachi   +11 more
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