BACKGROUND Gastric bezoars are indigestible masses that can lead to gastrointestinal ob-struction and ulceration.Standard treatments include endoscopic mechanical lithotripsy with a polypectomy snare and Coca-Cola dis...
Supported by 2023 Government-funded Project of The Outstanding Talents Training Program in Clinical Medicine,No.ZF2023165;Key Research and Development Projects of Hebei Province,No.18277731D;and Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,No.H202423105.
This manuscript used network pharmacology and experimental verification to analyze the anti-hepatocarcinoma mechanism of action of bezoars in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),discovering that it can affect the immune...
Phytobezoars is a rare disease and less common in Western countries.The stomach is the primary site for these formations,and endoscopic treatment involving fragmentation and extraction has traditionally been the most ...
BACKGROUND With less than 90 reported cases to date,stercoral perforation of the colon is a rare occurrence.Stercoral ulceration is thought to occur due to ischemic pressure necrosis of the bowel wall,which is caused ...
BACKGROUND Gastric phytobezoars(GPBs)are very common in northern China.Combined therapy involving carbonated beverage consumption and endoscopic lithotripsy has been shown to be effective and safe.Existing studies on ...
BACKGROUND Bezoars can be found anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract.Esophageal bezoars are rare.Esophageal bezoars are classified as either primary or secondary.It is rarely reported that secondary esophageal bezoa...
Bowel occlusions by bezoars are rare pathologies. They are due to an ob-struction of the intestinal lumen by a solid mass of fruits or undigested vegetable fibers. They are seasonal (wild fruit season from March to Ju...
The formation of a bezoar is a relatively infrequentdisorder that affects the gastrointestinal system.Bezoars are mainly classified into four types dependingon the material constituting the indigestible mass of thebez...
AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of cola treatment for gastric phytobezoars,including diospyrobezoars.METHODS:A total of 17 patients(range:48 to 78 years) with symptomatic gastric phytobezoars treated with cola and adjuva...