Phytobezoar: A Cause of Intestinal Obstruction in Patients After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

General Surgery
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Juan Eduardo Flores-Martín, MD, Armando Pereyra-Talamantes, MSc, Humberto Salvador López-Téllez, MD Department of Surgery, Hospital Central Militar, Mexico City, Mexico (Drs Flores-Martín, Pereyra-Talamantes, and López-Téllez). ABSTRACT Background: Intestinal obstruction is a common late complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, most commonly due to internal herniation or anastomotic strictures. Bezoars are a rare cause of obstruction […]