Case Report


Small bowel obstruction secondary to mobile phone ingestion: A minimally invasive approach to retrieval

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1 Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin 24, Ireland

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Article ID: 101080Z01AN2019

doi: 10.5348/101080Z01AN2019CR

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Naughton AP, Moloney DP, Boland M, Kavanagh D. Small bowel obstruction secondary to mobile phone ingestion: A minimally invasive approach to retrieval. Int J Case Rep Images 2019;10:101080Z01AN2019.

ABSTRACT


We describe the case of a 34-year-old gentleman who was admitted with a two-day history of colicky abdominal pain and constipation. This developed seven days after the patient ingested a mobile telephone while on temporary release from prison. Computed tomography of his abdomen and pelvis (CT AP) showed distal small bowel obstruction without perforation due to an intraluminal foreign body. Due to the location of the telephone and the patient’s symptoms operative management was deemed necessary. The patient was explored laparoscopically and the involved segment was exteriorized. An enterotomy was performed to retrieve the phone in a similar manner to the management of a gallstone. His postoperative course was uncomplicated and he was discharged home after five days.

Keywords: Enterotomy, Foreign body, Obstruction

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Author Contributions

Ailish Patricia Naughton - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

Darren Patrick Moloney - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

Michael Boland - Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

Dara Kavanagh - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published

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