Laparoscopic-assisted removal of gastric trichobezoar by a Novel Technique

• Main Authors: Iftikhar A. Jan (Author), Ikram Shaalan (Author), Zahid L. Saqi (Author), Mona Al Shehi (Author), Mokhtar A. Hassan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Trichobezoar are mass of hair in the digestive tract caused by ingestion of hairs (trichophagia) mostly as a result of psychiatric disorders. The management of Trichobezoar includes psychiatric treatment to stop trichophagia and removal of trichobezoar for the GIT.Several techniques have been used f...