Conservative management of intentional razor blade ingestion
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Conservative management of razor blade ingestion
A 30-year-old woman presented to the emergency department complaining of abdominal discomfort. An abdominal radiograph was done, revealing ten rectangular razor blades measuring 5 × 2 cm. The patient was taken to the operating room and a flexible esophago-gastroduodenoscopy was performed. Attempts at retrieval, using both a gastric overtube and an inverted hood, were unsuccessful due to the sha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2405-4690
DOI: 10.1016/j.visj.2021.101056