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A DIFFICULT FOREIGN BODY IN THE CERVICAL OESOPHAGUS
Author(s) -
Greig M. T.,
Seeley A. J.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1965.tb04366.x
Subject(s) - medicine , girl , foreign body , general surgery , surgery , gynecology , psychology , developmental psychology
S ummary A large nectarine stone became impacted in the cervical oesophagus of a girl of 13. It was removed by oesophagotomy. The problems of the operation are discussed.