Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery

Accidental Ingestion of Spoon Presenting as Gastric Outlet Obstruction – An Unusual Case Report

Sumit Pathania

PGIMER & Dr R.M.l. Hospital, BKS Marg, New Delhi-110001, India.

Ashish Vora *

PGIMER & Dr R.M.l. Hospital, BKS Marg, New Delhi-110001, India.

Rachan Kathpal

PGIMER & Dr R.M.l. Hospital, BKS Marg, New Delhi-110001, India.

Dipankar Naskar

PGIMER & Dr R.M.l. Hospital, BKS Marg, New Delhi-110001, India.

Nikhil Gupta

PGIMER & Dr R.M.l. Hospital, BKS Marg, New Delhi-110001, India.

C. K. Durga

PGIMER & Dr R.M.l. Hospital, BKS Marg, New Delhi-110001, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

We report a case of a 60 year old male, who presented to our emergency with history of accidental spoon ingestion causing gastric outlet obstruction. Patient had undergone endoscopic extraction which was unsuccessful. He underwent exploratory laparotomy to retrive the spoon and was discharged on 8^th postoperative day.

Keywords: Spoon, gastric outlet obstruction, exploratory laparotomy.

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