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SEMS vs cSEMS in duodenal and small bowel obstruction : high risk of migration in the covered stent group [PDF]

, 2013
Aim: To compare clinical success and complications of uncovered self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) vs covered SEMS (cSEMS) in obstruction of the small bowel.
Albert, Jörg Gerhard, Bechstein, Wolf Otto, Friedrich-Rust, Mireen, Sarrazin, Christoph, Trojan, Jörg, Ulrich, Frank, Waidmann, Oliver, Zeuzem, Stefan   +7 more
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Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2007
We report a case of a 79 year old man with a known benign anastomotic stricture presenting with large bowel obstruction. At laparotomy the obstruction was found to be caused by a large sesame seed bezoar. Seed bezoars are well known to cause impaction in
Shaw Aidan G, Peacock Oliver, Lund Jonathan N, Tierney Gillian M, Larvin Mike, Speake William   +5 more
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Intestinal intussusception in an adult caused by helminthic parasitosis [PDF]

, 2016
Intestinal intussusception is an uncommon acute condition in adults and is most commonly caused by an intestinal tumor mass. Helminthic parasitosis is a widespread infection in Africa, and the load of worms is often high in individuals living in areas ...
Ciardi, Gaia, Ogwang, David M., Okello, Tom R., Opira, Cyprian, Pecorella, Irene   +4 more
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Bowel Obstruction and Perforation as Emergency Presenting Sign of Colorectal Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: A Case Report and Review

The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2020
Colorectal cancer patient may present with variable clinical presentation. In few cases, colorectal cancer may present as emergency such as uncontrollable gastrointestinal bleeding, large bowel obstruction and in rarer fashion is bowel perforation. Worse
Randy Adiwinata, Linda Rotty, Michael Tendean, Bradley Jimmy Waleleng, Fandy Gosal, Luciana Rotty, Jeanne Winarta, Andrew Waleleng   +7 more
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Technical and Clinical Outcomes After Colorectal Stenting in Malignant Large Bowel Obstruction: A Single-Center Experience [PDF]

Annals of Coloproctology, 2021
Purpose Malignant large bowel obstruction is a surgical emergency that requires urgent decompression. Stents are increasingly being used, though reported outcomes are variable.
Atanu Pal, Janak Saada, Sandeep Kapur, Richard Tighe, Adam Stearns, James Hernon, Chris Speakman   +6 more
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CT diagnosis of small bowel obstruction caused by internal hernia from persistent attachment of a Meckel's diverticulum to the umbilicus by the obliterated omphalomesenteric duct [PDF]

, 2015
We report a case of small bowel obstruction (SBO) caused by internal hernia from persistent attachment of a Meckel's diverticulum (MD) to the umbilicus by the obliterated omphalomesenteric duct that was diagnosed by multidetector CT and confirmed during ...
BELLINI, DAVIDE, Cavallaro, G, De Santis, D, IORIO, OLGA, LAGHI, ANDREA, MACERONI, MARCO MARIA, Rengo, M, SILECCHIA, Gianfranco   +7 more
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Malignant large bowel obstruction

Journal of British Surgery, 1985
Abstract Of 4583 patients in the Large Bowel Cancer Project, 713 (16 per cent) were obstructed. The site of greatest risk was the splenic flexure (49 per cent). Advanced stage was neither the full reason why some patients obstructed nor for their subsequent poor prospects (age-adjusted 5-year survival: not obstructed, 45 per cent ...
R K, Phillips, R, Hittinger, J S, Fry, L P, Fielding   +3 more
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Intravenous Contrast Agent in Abdominal CT: Is It Really Needed to Identify the Cause of Bowel Obstruction? Proof of Concept

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2019
Background. To compare sensitivity of unenhanced computed tomography (CT) and contrast-enhanced CT for the identification of the etiology of bowel obstruction. Materials and Methods.
Federica Vernuccio, Dario Picone, Gregorio Scerrino, Massimo Midiri, Giuseppe Lo Re, Roberto Lagalla, Giuseppe Salvaggio   +6 more
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Large Bowel Obstruction, a Delayed Complication of Severe Gallstone Pancreatitis

Case Reports in Surgery, 2016
Colonic complications are rare after acute pancreatitis but are associated with a high mortality. Possible complications include mechanical obstruction, ischaemic necrosis, haemorrhage, and fistula.
Neeraj Lal, John Whiting, Rahul Hejmadi, Sudarsanam Raman   +3 more
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Acute on Chronic Pancreatitis Causing a Highway to the Colon with Subsequent Road Closure: Pancreatic Colonic Fistula Presenting as a Large Bowel Obstruction Treated with Pancreatic Duct Stenting

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2015
Context. Colonic complications associated with acute pancreatitis have a low incidence but carry an increased risk of mortality with delayed diagnosis and treatment.
Justin Cochrane, Greg Schlepp
doaj   +1 more source