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Perforation of the ileum due to foreign body treated laparoscopically
A Iannelli1, P Siou, R Spinelli
1Department of Liver Transplantation, Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Surgery C 2 Archet II Hospital, 151 Route Saint-Antoine des Ginestière, BP 3079, Nice Cedex 3, France. antonio_iannelli@hotmail.com
Surgical Endoscopy
|April 3, 2002
Abstract:
Laparoscopy has gained widespread acceptance in the setting of acute abdominal pain. We report the case of a patient with acute abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant that proved to be due to a fish bone perforation of the ileum at laparoscopy. The fish bone was retrieved and the perforation closed laparoscopically. Laparoscopy is a powerful diagnostic and therapeutic tool and should be used routinely in patients with acute abdominal affections.