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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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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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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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A Prospective Clinical Evaluation of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Infants and Children

MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Adhesive small bowel obstruction is a significant cause of postoperative morbidity in children. There are limited studies on the epidemiology and scope of conservative management for adhesive small bowel obstruction in children.
Mohd Kamran Banday, Waseem Jan Shah, Akshat Sudhanshu, Gowhar Nazir Mufti, Nisar Ahmad Bhat, Aejaz Ahsan Baba, Raashid Hamid   +6 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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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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Chronic constipation and acute small bowel obstruction due to small bowel encapsulation: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Peritoneal encapsulation is most of the time asymptomatic and is found incidentally, but when symptomatic it usually presents with bowel obstruction. CT scan is a gold standard for the diagnosis of bowel encapsulation.
Seyed Hossein Hajimirzaei, Maryam Abbasi, Nasser Malekpour Alamdari, Sara Besharat, Yeganeh Farsi, Atoosa Gharib, Mahdiyeh Sadat Seyyedi   +6 more
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Early Onset Outlet Obstruction of a Temporary Diverting Loop Ileostomy Secondary to Urinary Retention

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2023
A mechanical obstruction is not a physiological entity, and when it occurs within the 30-day postoperative period, it is called an early postoperative small bowel obstruction.
Umut Akova, Volkan Dogru, Eren Esen, Feza Remzi   +3 more
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Small-bowel obstruction owing to kitchen sponge eating as a pica behavior: A case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2019
Small-bowel feces sign is useful to detect the corresponding site of stenosis or obstruction in patients with moderate and high degrees of small-bowel obstruction. The CT findings of kitchen sponge are very similar to small-bowel feces sign. With careful
Rika Yoshida, MD, Shota Tanaka, MD, Takeshi Yoshizako, MD, Shinji Ando, MD, Hidemitsu Mukumoto, MD, Yoshikazu Takinami, MD, Hajime Kitagaki, MD   +6 more
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