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Query: UMLS:C0021843 (bowel obstruction)
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Three cases of inadvertent inflation of balloons used to advance intestinal tubes have occurred in one hospital in the past 18 months. Two postoperative patients had Dennis tubes in the small bowel, in which the balloon vent became obstructed. The third patient had a sealed, mercury-filled finger cot weighting a feeder catheter used for enteral alimentation; after one week, the balloon rapidly inflated, causing intestinal obstruction at the level of the duodenum.
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PMID:Hazardous gaseous distention of intestinal ballons. 81 14

A case of small bowel obstruction caused by inflation of a sealed, mercury-filled finger cot tipped feeder catheter, used for enteral alimentation, is reported. The patient had infrapapillary duodenal obstruction, secondary to the intramural hematoma caused by blunt abdominal injury. The patient underwent surgery for the obstruction and the distended finger cot was decompressed. The mechanisms for such distention are discussed.
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PMID:Small bowel obstruction due to gaseous distention of an intestinal balloon. 676 54