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Removal of Duodenal Foreign Body with Endoscopic Snare
Author(s) -
Kerlin Paul,
Paull Andrew
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb131539.x
Subject(s) - duodenum , foreign bodies , foreign body , thermometer , medicine , endoscopy , anatomy , general surgery , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
The extraction of a thermometer wedged in the duodenum, which utilized fibrendoscopic techniques, is described. A brief review of methods which are available to the endoscopist to retrieve ingested foreign bodies is presented.