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Delayed complete gastric outlet obstruction due to a dinner fork: report of a case
Koray Atila1, Tarkan Unek, Ali Ibrahim Sevinç
1Department of General Surgery, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. katila@deu.edu.tr
Abstract:
Ingestion of foreign bodies can be a common problem especially among children, alcoholics, psychiatric patients, and senile patients, but ingestion of a metallic dinner fork is uncommon. Foreign bodies with smooth edges usually do not pose significant problems, but a sharp foreign object that is not retrieved at the earliest may penetrate the wall and cause complications. Ingested foreign bodies usually pass the intestinal tract without problems, and perforation occurs in less than 1%. In this paper, a case of rare gastric outlet obstruction due to a dinner fork, which was ingested 25 days before, is reported.
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