Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

Small bowel perforation due to an ingested foreign body.

Dr Jaya Maheshwari, Dr K M Garg

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 We report a case of a 50 years old male patient with four days history of pain abdomen, who unknowingly swallowed a foreign body (plastic) while drinking water. A plain X–Ray of abdomen in erect posture revealed gas under diaphragm. Surgical intervention revealed free perforation of the mid ileum caused by the pointed end of plastic. Closure of perforation was done in two layers after removal of foreign body.

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Dr Jaya Maheshwari, Dr K M Garg, Small bowel perforation due to an ingested foreign body., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-8 | AUGUST‾2017

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