Laparoscopy-assisted management of jejunal bezoar obstruction.
Treatment of intestinal bezoar causing obstruction is usually straightforward by an open approach, with either digital fragmentation or removal of the bezoar via an enterotomy. Herein, we report a case of small bowel bezoar obstruction treated successfully by laparoscopic technique. The bezoar was fragmented manually via a minilaparotomy and then pushed into the cecum with laparoscopic forceps. Laparoscopic management is an alternative to conventional surgery for intestinal bezoar that provides shorter hospital stay and less postoperative pain and may be recommended as the treatment of choice of such patients.
Kan
Jung-Yu
JY
From the Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Huang
Tsung-Jen
TJ
Heish
Jan-Sing
JS
D001630:Bezoars / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged