Authors: José Ignacio RodríguezHermosa Bartomeu RuizFeliú Josep RoigGarcía Maite AlbiolQuer Pere PlanellasGiné Antoni CodinaCazador
Publish Date: 2008/08/22
Volume: 19, Issue: 8, Pages: 1183-1185
Abstract
Accidental ingestion of foreign bodies is common in the general population Most foreign bodies pass through the entire digestive tract without incidents However in some cases the ingested foreign body can cause complications such as acute abdomen due to intestinal perforation and even death Bowel perforation may not be more common in the massively obese than in the normalweight population but may be more problematic We describe a superobese female body mass index 523 kg/m2 who underwent emergency surgery for smallbowel perforation caused by an ingested foreign body fish bone the patient died despite segmental intestinal resection and intensive care
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