Fish Bone Causing Perforation of the Intestine and Meckel’s Diverticulum

Perforation of small bowel due to ingested fish bone is rare, the most common site is ileum and occasionally, it can involve the appendix and/or Meckel diverticulum. We report six patients who, developed bowel perforation after fish bone ingestion, four of them found to have rent in the ileum and tw...

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Main Authors: Fakhar Shahid, Samir Omer Abdalla, Tamer Elbakary, Ahmad Elfaki, Syed Muhammad Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8887603
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