| Intestinal Obstruction due to the Migration of a Phytobezoar during Cola-Lysis in a Patient Who Had Previously Undergone Partial Gastrectomy |
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Sun Mee Hwang, Hae Yon Lee, Byung Wook Kim, Jeong Seon Ji, Bo In Lee, Hwang Choi |
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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 |
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| Abstract |
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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. |
| Key Words:
Bezoars; Cola |
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