title: Laparoscopy-assisted management of jejunal bezoar obstruction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jung-Yu
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: Tsung-Jen
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jan-Sing
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Heish
mesh_terms: D001630:Bezoars / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged