Bezoar formation and obstruction caused by a surgical nylon thread after gastric bypass surgery

Endoscopy. 2013:45 Suppl 2 UCTN:E412. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1344991. Epub 2013 Nov 27.

Authors

Hyo Sung Kang¹, Jong Jin Hyun, Seung Young Kim, Sung Woo Jung, Ja Seol Koo, Hyung Joon Yim, Sang Woo Lee

Affiliation

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.

PMID: 24285076
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1344991

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bezoars / etiology*
Bezoars / surgery
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
Gastric Bypass / adverse effects
Humans
Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Stomach Diseases / etiology*
Stomach Diseases / surgery
Sutures / adverse effects*