Acute small intestine obstruction caused by migrating gastrostomy foley’s catheter

Vinod Kumar Nigam; Siddharth Nigam

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20250581

Authors

Vinod Kumar Nigam Department of General and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Max Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Siddharth Nigam Department of General and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Max Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20250581

Keywords:

Acute small intestinal obstruction, Foley’s catheter, Foreign body, Gastrostomy, Migrating

Abstract

Acute small intestine obstruction is a common problem and usually caused by adhesions, bands, hernias, volvulus, tumors and foreign bodies. Foreign bodies causing acute intestine obstruction is a rare occurrence. Common foreign bodies are ingested coins, marbles, small toys, bones of nonvegetarian foods, hairs and vegetable fibers. Foley’s catheter of gastrostomy, migrating in small intestine and causing acute small intestinal obstruction is one of the rarest causes. Here we presenting a case where the gastrostomy Foley’s catheter migrated to small intestine and caused acute intestinal obstruction.

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