title: [Clinical follow-up of patients who ingested narcotic filled bags as a rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction: case report].
abstract: Two patients were admitted to the emergency service of Haseki Education and Research Hospital due to ingestion of narcotic filled bags. Incomplete mechanical bowel obstruction developed in one of them. Both patients were treated conservatively with cleansing enema and were discharged from the hospital without any complication. We present clinical follow-up of these patients with literature review.
authors.affiliation: Haseki Egitim ve Araştirma Hastanesi, Genel Cerrahi Kliniği, Istanbul. ahmetkocusak@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kocakuşak
authors.forename: Ahmet F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Yücel
authors.forename: Soykan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arikan
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gülen
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koyuncu
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Asici
authors.forename: Orçun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sentürk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003042:Cocaine; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D003932:Heroin; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D003932:Heroin; D003042:Cocaine