Retrieval of foreign body from upper GI tract by flexible fibreoptic endoscope--an experience.
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ABSTRACT
Forty foreign bodies (29 located in oesophagus and 11 located in the stomach) were removed by means of a flexible fibreoptic endoscope over a period of two years. The foreign bodies consisted of coins, a pin, a needle, a big button, a key ring, a fish bone, a denture, some fruit seeds, a meat bolus, a lock, a golden chain, a diamond nose ring, an ear top and a nasal catheter. Age of the patients ranged from four months to eighty years. Anaesthesia was required in 5 paediatric patients. Thus this method was found to be a safe, rewarding and non-operative one.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Stomach
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Aged, 80 and over
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
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Adolescent
Limits:
Aged80
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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