TY - JOUR
AR - AJSCR-2020-4-101
TI - Operative Removal of 154 Objects in Chronic Compulsive Foreign Body Ingestion
AU - Zahra, Haider
AU - Amanda, Chelednik
AU - Jacob, Quick
JO - American Journal of Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2020
DA - Fri 02, Oct 2020
SN - 2674-5046
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.AJSCR.2020.04.01
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/operative-removal-of-154-objects-in-chronic-compulsive-foreign_AJSCR-2020-4-101 
KW -  Foreign body ingestion, open gastrotomy
AB - Intentional foreign body ingestion presents as a chronic surgical challenge. We encountered a severe case
of ingestion that had failed endoscopic retrieval secondary to the size, shape, and quantity of structures
encountered. Open gastrostomy with removal of objects with care to prevent future hostile abdomen was
performed with 154 total objects removed at completion. We report a lesson in approaching a clinical
problem with thought to approach for the preservation of anatomical structures in potential future
interventions.