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Abstract
A case is reported of a 16-year-old girl who accidentally swallowed a toothbrush, which was safely extracted under local anaesthesia using a fibre-optic endoscope. The technique described is safe, and can be adapted for the extraction of a variety of foreign bodies from the oesophagus and the stomach. Guidelines are presented for the management of ingested foreign bodies, based on a review of the literature.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3730077 PMCID: PMC1285327 DOI: 10.1136/emj.3.2.119
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Emerg Med ISSN: 0264-4924