Endoscopy 1982; 14(6): 232-234
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021628
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Endoscopic Foreign Body Retrieval through a Gastrostomy Feeding Orifice

R.K.H. Wong, J.G. Edelson, L.C. Sperling, M.T. Keegan, L.F. Johnson
  • Department of Gastroenterology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., and the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
The opinion or assertions contained herein are those of the authors and are not to be construed as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or Department of Defense. The authors wish to thank Mrs. Nancy Eli for preparing the manuscript.
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Publication Date:
17 March 2008 (online)

Summary

This report concerns the removal of a dental bridge through a feeding gastrotomy orifice under direct endoscopic visualization. A 90-year-old bedridden female with a feeding gastrostomy tube, dislodged and swallowed her dental bridge during a coughing episode. At upper endoscopy the dental bridge was snared in the stomach but removed with a pair of Kelly clamps through the feeding gastrostomy orifice. The removal technique and a discussion of our management alternatives are presented.