title: Laparoscopic treatment of small bowel phytobezoar obstruction.
abstract: An intestinal bezoar causing obstruction is usually treated by an open approach, either with manual mechanical fragmentation or with enterotomy and removal of the bezoar. In this article, we report the minimally invasive surgical management of a 59-year-old man in whom a bezoar obstructing the small intestine developed at the site of an adhesion from a previous gastric surgery. The bezoar was laparoscopically broken down and milked through the ileocecal valve. In the future, the laparoscopic approach may be the treatment of choice for patients with a bezoar when surgery is indicated.
authors: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. sinanyol@hotmail.com
authors: Sinan
authors: S
authors: Yol
authors: Birol
authors: B
authors: Bostanci
authors: Musa
authors: M
authors: Akoglu
mesh_terms: D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications*; D020878:Device Removal; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012086:Reoperation; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional