A rare but life-threatening complication of self-bougienage: iatrogenic esophageal foreign body

Endoscopy. 2008 Sep:40 Suppl 2:E17-8. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-966948. Epub 2008 Feb 18.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Catheterization / adverse effects*
  • Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Critical Illness
  • Device Removal / methods*
  • Digestive System Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Esophageal Achalasia / diagnostic imaging
  • Esophageal Achalasia / therapy*
  • Esophagoscopy / methods
  • Esophagus*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Rare Diseases
  • Recurrence
  • Risk Assessment
  • Treatment Outcome