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Endoscopy 1970; 02(3): 193-194
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1098464
Through the Scope

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Gastroscopic Extraction of a Foreign Body

R. Ottenjann
  • Department of Medicine, University Erlangen-Nuremberg
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08. Dezember 2008 (online)

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Summary

The successful extraction of a foreign body which got stuck in the pyloric canal in a 6-year-old girl via gastroscope is reported. Therapeutic gastroscopy was performed in general anesthesia. Surgery seems to be avoidable in most cases of foreign bodies which do not pass the pylorus.

Key-Words

Gastric foreign body - gastroscopic extraction - hairclamp in the stomach