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  • Title: [Difficult endoscopic extraction: pneumomediastinum and bilateral pneumothorax after attempted endoscopic extraction of needle incarcerated in hiatal hernia].
    Author: Scamporrino A, Mongardini M, Stagnitti F, Corona F, Costantini A, Priore FM, Tiberi R, Iannetti A, Occhigrossi G.
    Journal: G Chir; 2002; 23(6-7):261-7. PubMed ID: 12422783.
    Abstract:
    From June 1987 to April 2000, 167 (74%) of 223 patients suspected of swallowing foreign bodies were treated. Hundred-sixty-three were successfully treated endoscopically. The surgery rate was 2.4%. There was failure to remove a tablespoon, a tooth-brush, a dental prostheses with metallic hook, a knitting-needle. The sharp and pointed foreign bodies were 35 (20.9%). Endoscopic removal of sharp and pointed foreign bodies in the upper gastrointestinal tract can be very difficult to manage. The Authors report iatrogenic perforation of esophagus-gastric-fundus in a patient with hiatus hernia who ingested a big knitting-needle in order to suicide. They think that it is absolutely necessary to use special endoscopic equipment during the taking out of foreign-body procedure, especially when pointed and sharp-edge shaped bodies are involved and when there is high risk of iatrogenic lesions.
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