Endoscopic Foley Catheter Technique for Removal of Esophageal Foreign Body
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Impacted esophageal foreign body in children may pose a challenging clinical scenario to the gastroenterologists. Early recognition and treatment is imperative as the complications can be life threatening. The Foley catheter method of foreign body extraction has been used on some patients, but endoscopy remains the treatment modality of choice. Here we report an interesting case of a child with impacted stone in the esophagus in whom a combined endoscopic-Foley catheter technique was successfully applied to extract the impacted foreign body.
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