Small bowel obstruction (SBO) accounts for 12–16% of emergency surgical admissions and
20% of emergency surgical procedures. Even with the advent of laparoscopic surgery, intra …

AIM: Bezoars (BZ) are the most common foreign bodies of gastrointestinal tract. Clinical
manifestations vary depending on the location of BZ from no symptoms to acute abdominal …

We reported a case of huge gastric phytobezoar. The gastric phytobezoar was successfully
removed through gastrotomy after two failed attempts in endoscopic fragmentation and …

Background Bezoar-induced small-bowel obstruction (SBO) is an uncommon surgical
emergency. Accurate preoperative diagnosis is notoriously difficult, and conventional …

Bezoars are retained concretions of indigestible foreign material that accumulate and
conglomerate in the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly in the stomach. Bezoars can be …

Methods Between June 1989 and March 2012, 93 patients with gastrointestinal bezoars
underwent endoscopic or surgical procedures at the Asan Medical Center. These patients …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to observe the clinical features of a bezoar-induced small
bowel obstruction and to investigate the role of abdominal computed tomography (CT) in …

Background Gastrointestinal bezoar (GIB) is uncommon and is reported to occur in 4% of all
admissions for small-bowel obstruction (SBO). Because of a lack of diagnostic features, it is …

AIM: To determine the possible predisposing factors of bezoar-induced small bowel
obstruction (BI-SBO) and to discuss the diagnostic value of multi-slice spiral computed …

The role of CT in evaluating patients with small bowel obstruction (SBO) has been
extensively described in the current literature. We present the CT findings of SBO due to a …