[Endoscopic removal of a toothbrush from a 13-year-old girl's stomach].

A case of a 13-year-old girl is reported. She swallowed her toothbrush accidentally, the surgeon suggested the endoscopic examination. The teen-age, well-developed girl did not have complaints, there were five hours between the accident, and the starting of the examination. After the pharynx anaesthetization by Lidocaine spray, the endoscopy was performed by a video endoscope of GIF-130 type. The brush was found in the stomach, but its handle went through the pylorus. Injury was not found on the esophagus and stomach mucosa. The patient and her mother were fully informed, and for their request, the removal of the toothbrush was attempted by using grasping forceps and polypectomy snare. It lasted nearly forty minutes and was ensured by the intensive care. The procedure was successful, the patient who tolerated it well, left the hospital after observation, without complaints.