this accident. Experiments have shown, however, that halothane of less than 7% concentration in 70% nitrous oxide with 30% oxygen cannot be ignited by a power source of 80-120 J, which is much greater than that used in surgical diathermy (10 J).' The presence of other gases, such as hydrogen and methane, would make an explosion possible. We postulate that fermentation can occur in an obstructed...

The majority of swallowed foreign bodies are thrown spontaneously without causing complications in the digestive system. Multiple number of foreign bodies may be swallowed by psychiatric patients which delay diagnosis and increase the complication rate. Long and hard objects cannot pass through the pylorus, and may cause obstruction, ulceration, bleeding and perforation. Endoscopy is used as an...

A 37-year-old woman was found to have a submucosal mass in the gastric antrum. She presented with recurrent episodes of right upper quadrant pain. Evaluation included a normal abdominal ultrasonography and esophagogastroduodenoscopy, which revealed a benign appearing 1 cm sessile polypoid mass in the gastric antrum (Image 1). The gastric mucosa over the mass was normal both visually and histopa...

A 15 months old male Alaskan husky weighing 28 kg was presented to the hospital with a history of acute onset frequent emesis and not passing stools which had persisted for 5 days, on physical examination animal in dull mentation having lethargy generalised malaise. Clinical revealed that prolonged capillary refill time skin tenting time. Haemato-biochemical profile mild granulocytosis increase...

Trichobezoar is a mass of swallowed hair that accumulates in the stomach and fails to pass through the intestines. They occur in young patients, typically female with mental disorders. Many approaches have been proposed for the treatment of bezoars, such as gastroscopic fragmentation, nasogastric lavage or suction, enzymatic therapy, and laparotomy. With the advent of laparoscopic surgery, it b...

OBJECTIVE To report experience with the treatment of complications of vinyl glove ingestion in mentally retarded patients with pica. DESIGN A retrospective case series. SETTING Two university-affiliated hospitals. PATIENTS Five mentally retarded patients, 4 with a history of pica, who were admitted for the management of complications resulting from the ingestion of vinyl gloves. MAIN OU...

INTRODUCTION Small bowel obstruction is a common world-wide condition that has a range of etiological factors. The management is largely dependent on the cause of the obstruction. Small bowel obstruction caused by foreign body ingestion is rare; many items have been reported as responsible, but there are no reports implicating polyurethane foam. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 44-ye...

INTRODUCTION Foreign body ingestion is a common problem in children. Safety pin ingestion is common in Turkey. We describe a new method of removal for safety pins in our 2 cases. CLINICAL PICTURE A 9-month-old girl and a 6-month-old boy had each ingested a safety pin. Abdominal X-rays detected the safety pins in their stomachs. At the end of 3 months, the foreign bodies still remained in thei...

Inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is a rare solitary gastrointestinal lesion of unknown etiology. It generally presents as polypoid mass in the gastric antrum. Mostly affects adults at average age of 60 years. IFP can cause different symptoms such as abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, intestinal obstruction or intussusception. IFP is a bening lesion and it may rarely mimic the submucosal...