Colonic perforation by foreign body

Abstract

We present a clinical case of intestinal perforation for chicken bone treated at the Central Hospital of the Social Security Institute (IPS). The patient was a 71-year-old woman who was referred from another center with 24 hs abdominal pain, with nausea and vomiting. Laparoscopic surgery, a was done and sigmoid perforation was found by foreign body (chicken bone) that was treated with primary suture of the perforation and laparoscopic drainage of the cavity.