Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies in the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Review of the Literature

Foreign body ingestion is a common diagnosis that presents in emergency departments throughout the world. Distinct foreign bodies predispose to particular locations of impaction in the gastrointestinal tract, commonly meat boluses in the esophagus above a preexisting esophageal stricture or ring in...

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Main Authors: Mikhael Bekkerman, Amit H. Sachdev, Javier Andrade, Yitzhak Twersky, Shahzad Iqbal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8520767
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