Successful endoscopic treatment of gastric phytobezoar: A case report
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Successful endoscopic treatment of gastric phytobezoar: A case report
INTRODUCTION Gastric bezoars are a rare condition associated with situations of gastric dysmotility and prior gastric surgery, though sometimes they can present without any risk factor. We describe the first successful treatment in medical literature of a large gastric bezoar in the outpatient setting through endoscopic fragmentation. CASE PRESENTATION A 76-year-old man was referred to our ou...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2210-2612
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.06.015