• J Laparoendosc Surg · Mar 1996

    Case Reports

    Intestinal perforation due to an ingested foreign body: laparoscopic management.

    • A Hebra, A M Davidoff, S Ahmad, P T Stockmann, and P W Stafford.
    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
    • J Laparoendosc Surg. 1996 Mar 1; 6 Suppl 1: S95-8.

    AbstractThe authors report the case of a previously healthy 10-year-old boy who accidentally ingested a toothpick. He presented to the hospital 7 days after the incident with left lower quadrant abdominal pain and fever; there was evidence of localized peritoneal irritation by exam. He had mild leukocytosis. An abdominal CT scan showed the toothpick in the sigmoid colon with extension through the bowel wall. Laparoscopic exploration was undertaken and an 8-cm toothpick was identified and removed from the perforation site in the sigmoid colon. Via a small suprapubic incision the sigmoid was delivered and repaired. The patient had an uneventful recovery and was discharged home 2 days after the procedure.Laparoscopic exploration can be diagnostic and therapeutic in the management of ingested foreign bodies with suspected intestinal perforation.

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