Journal of International Medical Research (Aug 2020)

Removal of giant spherical foreign body in the esophagus by double-forceps endoscope and double balloon

  • Shan Yu,
  • Xiaoming Wang,
  • Xin Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0300060520941332
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 48

Abstract

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In patients with esophageal foreign bodies such as spherical or similarly shaped objects, a clamp or trap can easily fall off when the esophagus is physiologically narrow during removal of the foreign body by the endoscope. In the present case, a double-forceps-channel endoscope and double balloon were used to successfully remove a large spherical foreign body from the esophagus.