Bodypacking - An increasing problem in The Netherlands: Conservative or surgical treatment?

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 168, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 404-409

  Van Geloven, A A W ^a   Van Lienden, K P ^a   Gouma, D J ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bodypackers; Cocaine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY PACKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; COCAINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036429735     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241502320789096     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Beerman R, Nunez D, Wetli CV. Radiographic evaluation of the cocaine smuggler. Gastrointest Radiol 1986; 11: 351-354.
2. Caruana DS, Weinbach B, Goerg D, Gardner LB. Cocaine-packet ingestion. Diagnosis, management, and natural history. Ann Intern Med 1984; 100: 73-74.
3. Dizon MN, Martfin G. Abdominal pain in a healthy young man. Postgrad Med J 1988; 74: 183-185.
4. Geyskens P, Coenen L, Brouwers J. The "cocaine body-packer" syndrome. Case report and review of the literature. Acta Chir Belg 1989; 89: 201-203.
5. Gherardi RK, Baud FJ, Leporc P, Marc B, Dupeyron JP, Diamant-Berger O. Detection of drugs in the urine of body-packers. Lancet 1988; May 14: 1076-1078.
6. Hartoko TJ, Demey HE, De Schepper AM, Beaucourt LE, Bossaert LL. The body packer syndrome-cocaine smuggling in the gastro-intestinal tract. Klin Wochenschr 1988; 66: 1116-1120.
7. Hoffmann RS, Smilkstein MJ, Goldfrank LR, Whole bowel irrigation and the cocaine body-packer: A new approach to a common problem. Am J Emerg Med 1990; 8: 523-527.
8. Hofmann KT, Ehrhardt HP. Ileus caused by intestinal transport of hashisch. A contribution to the knowledge of the so-called bodypacker syndrome. Chirurg 1986; 57(4): 275-278. German.
9. Hollander JE. Cocaine. Emerg Toxicol 1998; 65: 903-908.
10. Horrocks AW. Abdominal radiography in suspected "body packers". Clin Radiol 1992; 45: 322-325.
11. Krishnan A, Brown R. Plain abdominal radiography in the diagnosis of the "body-packer". J Accid Emerg Med 1999; 16(5): 381.
12. Lancashire MJR, Legg PK, Lowe M, Davidson SM, Ellis BW. Surgical aspects of international drug smuggling. BMJ 1988; 296: 1035-1037.
13. Marc B, Baud FJ, Aelion MJ, Gherardi R, Diamant-Berger O, Blery M, Bismuth C. The cocaine body-packer syndrome: Evaluation of a method of contrast study of the bowel. J Forensic Sci 1990; 35: 345-355.
14. McCaronn MM, Wood JD. The cocaine "body packer" syndrome. Diagnosis and treatment. JAMA 1983; 250: 1417-1420.
15. Mebanex C, DeVito J. Cocaine intoxication - A unique case. J Fla Med Assoc 1975; 62: 19-20.
16. Miller JS, Hendren SK, Liscum KR. Giant gastric ulcer in a body packer. J Traum 1998; 45: 617-619.
17. Nihira M, Hayashida M, Ohno Y, Inuzuka S, Yokota H, Yamamoto Y. Urinalysis of body packers in Japan. J Anal Toxocol 1998; 22: 61-65.
18. Sinner WN. The gastrointestinal tract as a vehicle for drug smuggling. Gastrointest Radiol 1981; 6: 319-323.
19. Suarez CA, Arango A, Lester JL. Cocaine-condom ingestion. Surgical treatment. JAMA 1977; 238: 1391-1977.
20. Teijnk JAW, Siebenga J, Schreuder WO, Bakker FC, Maats CHJ, Haarman HJTHM. The "body-packer"-syndrome. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1997; 141: 433-437.
21. Trent MS, Kim U. Cocaine packet ingestion. Surgical or medical management? Arch Surg 1987; 122: 1179-1181.
22. Visser L, Stricker B, Hoogendoorn M, Vinks A. Do not give paraffin to packers. Lancet 1998; 352: 1352
23. Wetli CV, Mittlemann RE. The "body packer syndrome"-toxicity following ingestion of illicit drugs packaged for transportation. J Forensic Sci 1981; 26: 492-500.