Foreign Material in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Cocaine Packets

Foreign Material in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Cocaine Packets

Smuggling drugs by swallowing or inserting into a body cavity is not only a serious and growing international crime, but can also lead to lethal medical complications. The most common cause of death in ‘body packers', people transporting drugs by ingesting a packet into the gastrointestinal tra...

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Main Authors: Nurten Turkel Kucukmetin, Bulent Gucyetmez, Tuncer Poyraz, Sadik Yildirim, Gungor Boztas, Nurdan Tozun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Body packers
Cocaine toxicity
Gastrointestinal tract
Treatment
Surgery
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/358555

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