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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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Is liquid-based hyaluronic acid equivalent to sodium hyaluronate-based bioresorbable membrane to reduce small bowel obstruction in patients undergoing colorectal surgery

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2019
Summary: Objective: We performed a prospective randomized study to assess whether the use of sodium hyaluronate-based bioresorbable membrane (Seprafilm®) and liquid-based hyaluronic acid and carboxymethyl cellulose solution (Guardix) to reduce ...
Woon Kee Lee, Yeon Ho Park, Sangtae Choi, Won-Suk Lee   +3 more
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Clinical Case of a Patient with Small Bowel Obstruction and Multiple Diospirobesoaras of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2020
Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is 3-4% of all abdominal acute diseases. Small bowel obstruction due to bezoars is rare (2-4%), and is detected mainly in patients with predisposing risk factors: gastrointestinal motility disorders, psychiatric diseases ...
A. S. Harutyunyan, V. D. Levitsky, V. V. Kiselev, P. A. Yartsev, A. V. Vodyasov, N. V. Shavrina   +5 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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Gastric Trichobezoar Causing Intermittent Small Bowel Obstruction: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Medicine, 2011
We report the unusual case of a 45-year-old woman who presented with multiple episodes of small bowel obstruction. Initial exploratory lap-roscopy did not reveal an etiology of the obstruction.
Nicole G. Coufal, Akash P. Kansagra, Jay Doucet, Jeanne Lee, Raul Coimbra, Vishal Bansal   +5 more
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Small bowel obstruction in the elderly: a plea for comprehensive acute geriatric care

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2018
Small bowel obstruction is one of the most frequent emergencies in general surgery, commonly affecting elderly patients. Morbidity and mortality from small bowel obstruction in elderly is high.
Ekin Ozturk, Marianne van Iersel, Martijn MWJ Stommel, Yvonne Schoon, Richard RPG ten Broek, Harry van Goor   +5 more
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