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Published on: September 11, 2018
Small bowel perforations due to deliberate ingestion of injurious foreign bodies--a personal experience
1Department of Surgery, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan. arshadhamzapk@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Ingestion of foreign bodies is not an uncommon problem in our society. The patients usually ingest different types of foreign bodies either accidentally or deliberately. Rare in children but adults are not uncommonly affected and are either psychiatric patients or ingest foreign bodies accidentally. Life threatening complications may occur at times due to ingestion of sharp and pointed objects. An interesting case of ingestion of multiple injurious foreign bodies presenting with multiple small intestinal perforations is presented with review of literature.
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