Pouch outlet obstruction by psyllium-based bulk laxative bezoar in a patient with gastric banding

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2015 Mar-Apr;11(2):483-4. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2015.01.018. Epub 2015 Feb 2.

Authors

Xavier Dray¹, Elia Samaha², Thierry Tuszynski³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sorbonne Paris Cité Paris 7 University & APHP Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Paris Descartes University APHP & European George Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France.
³ Hôpital Privé des Peupliers, Paris, France.

PMID: 25771442
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2015.01.018

No abstract available

Keywords: Complication; Foreign body; Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding; Mucilage.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bezoars / etiology
Bezoars / surgery*
Constipation / therapy
Female
Gastric Outlet Obstruction / etiology
Gastric Outlet Obstruction / surgery*
Gastroplasty
Humans
Laparoscopy
Laxatives / adverse effects*
Middle Aged
Obesity, Morbid / surgery*
Psyllium*
Stomach / surgery*

Substances

Laxatives
Psyllium