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Clinical Image

Volume 6, Issue 8 (August Issue)

Surgical Treatment of an Occlusion Caused by Ingested Foreign Bodies

Badr Tarif1*, Bennour Omar1, Jbilou Aymane1, Ilham Merimi2, Younes Aggouri1 and Said Ait laalim1

1Department of General Surgery, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, Morocco
2Mohamed V Regional hospital in Tangier, Morocco

*Corresponding author: Badr Tarif, Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Center of Tangier, Abdelmalek Essaâdi, University of Tangier, Morocco. E-mail: tarif.badr@gmail.com

Received: July 17, 2024; Accepted: July 26, 2024; Published: August 15, 2024

Citation: Tarif B, Omar B, Aymane J, et al. Surgical Treatment of an Occlusion Caused by Ingested Foreign Bodies. Clin Image Case Rep J. 2024; 6(8): 413.

Surgical Treatment of an Occlusion Caused by Ingested Foreign Bodies
Abstract

Ingestion of foreign bodies is a frequent situation in emergency departments. Patient’s eating habits and their age determine the type of foreign body. Children, prisoners, psychotic patients and children with psychomotor retardation or behavioral problems are the mostly concerned. We report the case of a 36-year-old male prisoner admitted to the emergency department with abdominal pain and an occlusive syndrome with cessation of bowel movements and gas. Abdominal CT scan shows a bowel obstruction upstream of an obstacle at the ileo-caecal junction. The patient was treated by laparotomy, and an enterotomy and gastrotomy were performed with extraction of foreign bodies. The post-operative course was straightforward.