Two intersting cases of foreign bodies ingestion reported. First case who was a mentaly depressed, ingested many needles and bistoury blades. Few of them were fixed in patient's Meckel Diverticulum. A lot of foreign bodies removed by simple extraction transmurally or gastrotomy or intestinal resection. A few of them passed spontaneously by stool. Second case commiting suicide ingested chalky wa...

Although we have been using PG lately, we intend not to discuss the superiority of one over the other in this article. Here we describe a technique using anterior gastrotomy and retraction of the cut end of the stomach to fashion PG following pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPD) and the standard pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) (Whipples’ operation) respectively. No report about the ant...

Most of the ingested foreign bodies pass uneventfully through the gastrointestinal tract. However, long and rigid foreign bodies are associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal impaction, perforation, and bleeding. Spontaneous passage of a toothbrush has not been reported till date and the technique of its removal is a curiosity for surgeons. Endoscopy is a recommended technique for t...

most of the ingested foreign bodies pass uneventfully through the gastrointestinal tract. however, long and rigid foreign bodies are associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal impaction, perforation, and bleeding. spontaneous passage of a toothbrush has not been reported till date and the technique of its removal is a curiosity for surgeons. endoscopy is a recommended technique for t...

Gastric erosion is a well-known complication of laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) placement for morbid obesity. We describe a novel approach for the removal of an eroded band through a laparoscopic gastrotomy with subsequent intraluminal division and removal of the band. A 67-year-old woman with a body mass index of 35.5 kg/m2 was seen 1 year after LAGB placement performed outside the...