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Removal of ingested coins utilizing fibre-endoscopy and special forceps

✍ Scribed by W. Larkworthy; R. T. B. Jones; M. Mahoney; P. F. L. Holgate


Book ID
101736146
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1974
Tongue
English
Weight
300 KB
Volume
61
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-1323

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


Abstract

In 2 patients coins were removed from the stomach utilizing art Olympus fibre-endoscope and specially designed foreign-body-retrieval forceps. In both cases the procedure was welt tolerated, gastrotomy avoided and the patients were quickly discharged from hospital.