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Successful Removal of Indigested Shell Using a Rigid Esophagoscope and a Pneumatic Lithotriptor
- Issue Date
- 9월-2009
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
- Citation
- ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY, v.88, no.3, pp.1019 - 1021
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
- Volume
- 88
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 1019
- End Page
- 1021
- ISSN
- 0003-4975
- Abstract
- Foreign body ingestion is a commonly encountered clinical problem in pediatric emergency cases. The authors report a case of an esophageal foreign body caused by the accidental ingestion of a shell in an 8-month-old girl. Endoscopic removal was attempted but failed because of the sharp margin of the shell and caused it to be deeply impacted into the esophageal wall. Accordingly, a pneumatic lithotriptor was inserted through a rigid esophagoscope and used to fragment the shell. (Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1019-21) (C) 2009 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
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