Gastric outlet obstruction.

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Ruth O'Carroll

Renee Kennedy

چکیده

relatively uncommon. Unintentional ingestions are usually those of meat or fish bones. Concurrent alcohol consumption is often a contributing factor. Intentional ingestions are more common occurrences in those who are intellectually impaired, have psychiatric illness, are prisoners or are edentulous. Previously published guidelines have demonstrated that 80%–90% of foreign bodies reaching the gastrointestinal tract will pass spontaneously, 10%–20% require endoscopic intervention and 1% require a surgical procedure. We present a case of gastric outlet obstruction, unusual in that it was caused by intentional ingestion of a large foreign body.

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