Of 99 patients with 117 gastrointestinal bezoars, 69 had undergone previous surgery, the
most common operation being bilateral truncal vagotomy with pyloroplasty (55 patients). An …

We present a series of 56 patients with gastrointestinal bezoar following previous gastric
surgery for gastroduodenal peptic ulcer. The following parameters were studied: factors …

Background Bezoars are large conglomerates of vegetable fibers, hairs, or concretions of
various substances located in the stomach or small intestine of humans and certain animals …

Two cases of bezoar formation after vagotomy and drainage are reported. A review of the
literature reveals the stomach to be the most common site of bezoar formation after …

A chart review from 1975 to 1985 at the Toronto Western Hospital identified 16 patients (9
women and 7 men, between the ages of 39 and 83 years) with gastrointestinal …

The aim of this study was to reassess the clinical and radiographic findings in a series of
patients with gastric bezoars. Radiology files revealed 19 patients with bezoars; 10 patients …

Bezoars (BZs) represent the most common foreign bodies of the gastrointestinal tract.
Clinical symptoms varying from no symptoms to acute abdominal obstruction. Our goal is to …

During the past three years, we have seen gastric bezoars after partial gastrectomy in 5
patients. All had had a Billroth I gastroduodenostomy and truncal vagotomy. Gastric bezoars …

Phytobezoars are an unusual cause of small bowel obstruction. We report 13 patients
presenting with 16 episodes of small bowel obstruction from phytobezoars. Eleven patients …

Clinical Vignette Postgastrectomy Bezoars Page 1 Clinical Vignette Postgastrectomy
Bezoars HASSAN AMJAD, MB, BS» G. KRISHNA KUMAR, MD, FACCt and RICHARD …