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Case Reports
. 1984 May;79(5):357-9.

Gastric bezoars: treatment and prevention

J A Rider, R F Foresti-Lorente, J Garrido, E J Puletti, D L Rider, A H King, S P Bradley
  • PMID: 6720657
Case Reports

Gastric bezoars: treatment and prevention

J A Rider et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 1984 May.

Abstract

Gastric bezoars may occur in the normal stomach as a result of ingestion of various objects which do not pass through the pylorus. Most gastric bezoars occur as a complication of previous gastric surgery in which there is a loss of normal pyloric function, hypoperistalsis, and low gastric acidity. They may also occur as a complication of cimetidine therapy. Symptoms include epigastric fullness, regurgitation, nausea and vomiting, and epigastric pain. A simple treatment utilizing an ordinary Teledyne Water Pik jet stream through a gastroscope is described to break up a large phytobezoar. This method is probably the treatment of choice and should be used more widely.

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