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  • Title: [Two cases of phytobezoars treated by adminsitration of Coca-Cola by oral route].
    Author: Lee HJ, Kang HG, Park SY, Yi CY, Na GJ, Lee TY, Kim SH, Song CS.
    Journal: Korean J Gastroenterol; 2006 Dec; 48(6):431-3. PubMed ID: 17189928.
    Abstract:
    Bezoars are concretions of foreign bodies found in the gastrointestinal tract. In the past, most common method for the treatment of bezoar was surgical management. However, the current treatment methods include chemical dissolution and endoscopic mechanical lithotripsy. There were few reports on the treatment of phytobezoars by nasogastric Cola lavage. However, there was no report succeeded by oral route alone. In our two cases, phytobezoars were treated by oral administration of Coca-Cola. Our patients drank 700-800 mL of Coca-Cola daily, and after two months, complete dissolutions of bezoars were achieved. We report two cases of phytobezoars completely treated by drinking Coca-Cola.
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