Fishbone perforation of the small bowel: laparoscopic diagnosis and laparoscopically assisted management

Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2003 Dec;13(6):392-3. doi: 10.1097/00129689-200312000-00010.

Abstract

We report a patient with small bowel perforation caused by a piece of fishbone diagnosed by laparoscopy and treated with laparoscopically assisted surgery through a small incision. This uncommon cause of peritonitis and the role of laparoscopy for this condition are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Bone and Bones*
  • Fishes*
  • Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Humans
  • Ileum*
  • Intestinal Perforation / etiology*
  • Intestinal Perforation / surgery*
  • Laparoscopy / methods*
  • Male
  • Peritonitis / etiology