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Two-channel method for retrieval of gastric trichobezoar: report of a case
Kengo Kanetaka1, Takashi Azuma, Shinichiro Ito
1Department of Surgery, Nagasaki Prefectural Shimabara Hospital, and Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Shimabara, Nagasaki, Japan.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|February 22, 2003
Abstract:
Large gastric trichobezoars usually are difficult to remove gastroscopically without gradual fragmentation. Surgical retrieval of trichobezoars may be recommended, which requires laparotomy and gastrotomy. The authors report a case in which an 11-year-old girl with a trichobezoar underwent successful removal using gastroscopy with laparoscopically assisted fragmentation.