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.