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Case Report: Phytobezoar Causing Gastric Outlet Obstruction as a Late Complication After Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch

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Case report of a phytobezoar causing gastric outlet obstruction as a late complication after biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, review of the literature and discussion of bezoars as a differential diagnosis in patients after bariatric surgery presenting with signs of intestinal obstruction.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Bürgerspital Solothurn, Schöngrünstrasse 38, CH-4500, Solothurn, Switzerland

    Simone Zwicky

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Bürgerspital Solothurn, Schöngrünstrasse 38, CH-4500, Solothurn, Switzerland

    Werner Inauen

  3. Department of Surgery, Kantonsspital Olten, Baslerstrasse 150, CH-4600, Olten, Switzerland

    Urs Pfefferkorn

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Zwicky, S., Inauen, W. & Pfefferkorn, U. Case Report: Phytobezoar Causing Gastric Outlet Obstruction as a Late Complication After Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch. OBES SURG 30, 3233–3235 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04531-2

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