Table 3.

Summary of patients undergoing surgical intervention

Patient no.	Indication	Findings	Procedure	Outcome
1	Small bowel obstruction	Dilated small bowel, packets in stomach and mid–small bowel	Gastrotomy and enterotomy	23 packets recovered
2	Strangulated right inguinal hernia	Multiple packets in transverse colon with a single perforation	Colotomy, loop colostomy and right inguinal hernia repair	40 packets recovered
3	Cocaine toxicity	Multiple packets in rectum	Manual evacuation under general anesthesia	All packets removed, symptoms resolved
4	Cocaine toxicity	Multiple packets in stomach, first and fourth part of duodenum	Gastrotomy	81 packs recovered
5	Cocaine toxicity	Multiple packets in large bowel	Packets milked to anal canal	100 packets subsequently passed on ward