title: Small bowel obstruction and covered perforation in childhood caused by bizarre bezoars and foreign bodies.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Small bowel obstruction with perforation is an unusual and rare complication of bezoars.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe our use of emergency laparotomy to treat intestinal obstruction caused by bizarre bezoars.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An aggressive surgical approach to intestinal obstruction in the pediatric disabled or mentally retarded population is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Burstein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male