[Bezoars as a cause for acute small intestinal obstruction].

Results of treatment of 12 patients with acute small intestinal obstruction due to bezoars were analyzed. Mean age of the patients was 67,5+/-3,7 years. In 9 of them bezoars were localized in the ileum, in 3 -- in the jejunum. Mechanisms of bezoars formation are analyzed. Clinical symptoms of intestinal obstruction due to bezoars are regarded. Necessity of surgical treatment of these patients is noted. Bezoars were removed with enterotomy in 10 patients, in 2 -- with fragmentation and transposition in the cecum. Recommendations on surgical techniques are presented. All operated patients have recovered. There were no complications.