ENDOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF A SHARP ESOPHAGEAL FOREIGN BODY: CHALLENGES FACED

45-year-male with dysphagia one and half months after eating fish. X-ray neck – foreign body in neck. CT neck showed a V shaped bone located horizontally in proximal esophagus. No free perforation or vascular impingement.EGD revealed V shaped bone both ends and base embedded in proximal esophageal wall. Distal and proximal wings of V dislodged one by one with rat tooth and removal attempted. Falied. Base dislodged from esophageal wall taking care that end of wings did not further impinge opposite wall. The V then pulled out holding the base and two arms vertical. Ryle's tube placed for feeding.

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14. April 2022