Esophageal Food Bolus Obstruction: 
Evaluation of Extraction and Modified Push Techniques 
in 75 Cases

L. B. Weinstock; B. A. Shatz; E. P. Thyssen

doi:10.1055/s-1999-39

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 1999; 31(6): 421-425
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-39

Original Article

Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Esophageal Food Bolus Obstruction: Evaluation of Extraction and Modified Push Techniques in 75 Cases

L. B. Weinstock, B. A. Shatz, E. P. Thyssen

Depts. of Medicine and Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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