Phytobezoar after gastrectomy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1971 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Journal of British Surgery, volume 58, pages 236-237 (issn: 0007-1323, eissn: 1365-2168,

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Authors: Y, Cohen; S W, Heun;

doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800580321

pmid: 5548168

Phytobezoar after gastrectomy

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Abstract

Abstract A case of phytobezoar following a Billroth-I partial gastrectomy is reported. It is felt that surgery had interfered with the mechanical and acid-secreting mechanisms of the gastro-intestinal tract causing the formation of a bezoar.

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Bezoars, Radiography, Duodenum, Gastrectomy, Humans, Female, Aged

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