Nettle consumption, as well as persimmon, orange, coconut etc. can lead to phytobezoar formation. Coke and cellulase-resistant phytobezoars should be removed either endoscopically or surgically, depending on their dimensions. The treatment of choice for giant phytobezoars (more than 10 cm) is gastrotomy.

Summan The controversial issue of enhanced pancreatic carcinogenesis follolwing partial gastrectomy has been explored in male Wistar rats (n = 40) weighing 250 -300 g. Animals were randomised to receive either 60% distal gastrectomy With Roux-en-Y reconstruction or gastrotomy and resuture (control). Immediately after operation each group was further divided into two subgroups, receiving i.p. in...

Citation Gonzalez, Jean-Michel, Kayoko Saito, Changdon Kang, Mark Gromski, Mandeep Sawhney, Ram Chuttani, and Kai Matthes. 2015. “Prospective randomized comparison of gastrotomy closure associating tunnel access and over-the-scope clip (OTSC) with two other methods in an experimental ex vivo setting.” Endoscopy International Open 3 (1): E83-E89. doi:10.1055/s0034-1390794. http://dx.doi.org/10.1...

A 17-year-old girl presented with bilious vomiting and abdominal pain to the surgery department. The history was positive for trichotillomania and trichophagia. A CT scan showed a mass in the stomach, which was highly suspicious for a gastric bezoar. Drooping parts of the bezoar caused a duodenal obstruction with secondary acute pancreatitis. The bezoar was removed via a laparoscopically perfor...

An 18-year-old girl with no psychiatric history presented with abdominal pain. Four months previously she had given birth to a healthy baby. On palpation, a painful abdominal mass was identified in the epigastric region, and gastrotomy was performed. A J-shaped hair-wool ball and two large pieces of sheep's wool were removed. No history of trichotillomania was reported.