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METHODS article
Front. Gastroenterol.
Sec. Endoscopy
Volume 4 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fgstr.2025.1527031
This article is part of the Research Topic Interventional and Therapeutic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy View all articles
Gastric bezoar: a simple and innovative lithotripsy method case report and review of the literature
Provisionally accepted- Department of gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital and Clinical Medical College of Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
Gastrointestinal bezoars result from ingestion of indigestible materials and are classified by their consistency. This material commonly located in the stomach. The human bezoars may be formed by non-digestible plant fibers (phytobezoars), persimmons (diospyrobezoar), hair (trichobezoar), long-acting medications (pharmacobezoar), milk and mucus component (lactobezoar) or other various substances. This condition may be asymptomatic, or it may cause symptoms such as stomachache, ulcers, bleeding, perforation, gastric outlet obstruction, and mechanical intestinal obstruction. We hereby report a simple and innovative lithotripsy method using zebra guidewire, and review the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and treatment of bezoars.
Keywords: Bezoar, Lithotripsy, innovation, Zebra guidewire, review
Received: 12 Nov 2024; Accepted: 06 Mar 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Xudong Yan, Department of gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital and Clinical Medical College of Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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