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. 1973 Aug 4;109(3):211–212.

Intestinal obstruction by an unusual foreign body

Mervyn Deitel, A K Syed
PMCID: PMC1946817  PMID: 4728949

Abstract

The case is described of a patient with complete small bowel obstruction 13 days after swallowing a condom containing hashish. Treatment by enzymatic dissolution was obviously impossible. The small bowel was emptied preoperatively by a Dennis long-tube, and the impacted bolus was removed by enterotomy.

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