Reconstructed gastric conduit obstruction caused by a bezoar after esophagectomy: a case report

Abstract Background Bezoars are rare but may cause gastrointestinal obstruction and ulcers. To the best of our knowledge, only two cases of bezoars in the reconstructed gastric conduit have been reported, but there has been no report on reconstructed gastric conduit obstruction due to bezoars. Case...

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Main Authors: Keiichiro Hatoyama, Yusuke Taniyama, Tadashi Sakurai, Makoto Hikage, Chiaki Sato, Hiroshi Okamoto, Kai Takaya, Yu Onodera, Takashi Kamei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-019-0525-5