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  • Title: Gastric bezoars: treatment and prevention.
    Author: Rider JA, Foresti-Lorente RF, Garrido J, Puletti EJ, Rider DL, King AH, Bradley SP.
    Journal: Am J Gastroenterol; 1984 May; 79(5):357-9. PubMed ID: 6720657.
    Abstract:
    Gastric bezoars may occur in the normal stomach as a result of ingestion of various objects which do not pass through the pylorus. Most gastric bezoars occur as a complication of previous gastric surgery in which there is a loss of normal pyloric function, hypoperistalsis, and low gastric acidity. They may also occur as a complication of cimetidine therapy. Symptoms include epigastric fullness, regurgitation, nausea and vomiting, and epigastric pain. A simple treatment utilizing an ordinary Teledyne Water Pik jet stream through a gastroscope is described to break up a large phytobezoar. This method is probably the treatment of choice and should be used more widely.
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