Overtubes and Foreign Bodies
The most common article ingested in adults is food or food products such as nuts, shells, pits and bones. Poorly chewed steak causing bolus obstruction occurs especially in the elderly, while coins are most common in the pediatric group. New techniques of flexible endoscopy have altered and improved...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1990-01-01
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/963194 |
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| Summary: | The most common article ingested in adults is food or food
products such as nuts, shells, pits and bones. Poorly chewed steak causing bolus
obstruction occurs especially in the elderly, while coins are most common in the
pediatric group. New techniques of flexible endoscopy have altered and improved
management, decreasing the need for surgery. A foreign body in the esophagus
mandates prompt removal to avoid perforation. At least 80% of foreign, bodies
reaching the stomach pass spontaneously. Once the foreign body is beyond the
distal duodenum, it should be followed with serial x-rays. Techniques of removal
of meat, bones, shells, bezoars, glass, bottle tops, sharps, pencils, pens, wires,
thermometers, gastrostomy tubes, obesity balloons, safety pins, razor blades,
button batteries and cocaine packets are described. Complications related to
foreign body removal are rare. |
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| ISSN: | 0835-7900 |