Intestinal Obstruction due to the Migration of a Phytobezoar during Cola-Lysis in a Patient Who Had Previously Undergone Partial Gastrectomy.
10.7704/kjhugr.2011.11.1.68
- Author:
Sun Mee HWANG
1
;
Hae Yon LEE
;
Byung Wook KIM
;
Jeong Seon JI
;
Bo In LEE
;
Hwang CHOI
Author Information
1. Division of Gastroenterology, Departments of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. gastro@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bezoars;
Cola
- MeSH:
Bezoars;
Cola;
Female;
Gastrectomy;
Humans;
Intestinal Obstruction;
Middle Aged;
Therapeutic Irrigation
- From:The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research
2011;11(1):68-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Gastric surgeries may predispose patients to the formation of gastric phytobezoars. Cola-lysis through nasogastric lavage, endosopic infusion and/or the oral intake of cola are recently introduced techniques for the dissolution of phytobezoars. However, their complications have rarely been reported. Herein, we report a 56-year-old woman, who had previously undergone partial gastrectomy, severe intestinal obstruction due to the migration of a phytobezoar during cola-lysis and was successfully managed with surgical intervention.
