Abstract
We report a case of rice cake-induced small bowel obstruction treated by laparoscopic surgery. A 68-year-old man with abdominal pain was admitted to our hospital. Computed tomography revealed a dilatation of the small intestine caused by a foreign-body. Due to the clinical deterioration, the patient underwent a laparoscopic-assisted emergency surgery on the following day of admission and was diagnosed as the rice cake-induced small bowel obstruction. The laparoscopic-assisted removal could be used as the first-choice surgical procedure for rice cake-induced small bowel obstruction when surgical treatment is needed to remove.
