Single-incision laparoscopic surgery for ingested foreign body removal.

This report presents a 16-year-old adolescent boy with intentional ingestion of a 6-cm-length iron nail in detention center 6 hours ago. There was no symptom and sign of acute abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomographic scan was performed, and an iron nail was found in the left upper quadrant abdomen. Considering the size, shape, and location of the foreign body, emergency surgery was performed using single-incision laparoscopic surgery approach. Multiple trocars in umbilical incision technique and conventional instruments were used. After identification of the foreign body in jejunum by alternative clamping of small bowel, enterostomy was made, and extracorporeal suturing was performed. The operation time was 1 hour without blood loss during the surgery. The patient left the bed 6 hours after the surgery. Bowel function recovered, and the gastric tube was removed on postoperative day 2. No painkiller was used after the surgery. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 3 without any complication. To our knowledge, it is the first report on removal of ingested foreign body located in jejunum using single-incision laparoscopic surgery technique.