Ayvaz Ulaş Urgancı, Ebru Akıncılar

Clinic of General Surgery, Buca Seyfi Demirsoy State Hospital, İzmir, Turkey

Abstract

In the operation performed on a patient with a history of abdominal surgery, a gastric bezoar and a small bowel bezoar were detected. Adhesive bowel obstruction was suspected; however, the patient was diagnosed with mechanical intestinal obstruction. Small bowel bezoar has resulted in intestinal obstruction. This case was discussed in accordance with the literature.

Keywords: Bezoar treatment, gastric bezoar, small bowel bezoar


 

Peer Review

Externally peer-reviewed.

Author Contributions

Concept - A.U.U., E.A.; Design - A.U.U., E.A.; Supervision - A.U.U., E.A.; Funding - A.U.U.; Materials - A.U.U.; Data Collection and/or Processing - A.U.U., E.A.; Literature Review - A.U.U., E.A.; Writer - A.U.U.; Critical Review - A.U.U., E.A.; Other - A.U.U.

Conflict of Interest

No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Financial Disclosure

The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.