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2019 Sep


Medicine (Baltimore)


98


36

Surgery for intra-abdominal abscess due to intestinal perforation caused by toothpick ingestion: Two case reports.

Authors

Lim D R, Kuk J C, Kim T, Shin E J
Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Sep; 98(36):e17032.
PMID: 31490392.

Abstract

Failure to pass though the gastrointestinal tract can result in inflammatory response, reactive fibrosis, and intestinal perforation. Fish bones, chicken bones, and toothpicks are the most common types of foreign substances that produce intestinal perforation during ingestion.