Endoscopic Removal of an Inadvertently Swallowed Toothbrush in the Emergency Department

A 16-year-old girl inadvertently swallowed a toothbrush during attempted manual induction of emesis. The 20 cm toothbrush was successfully removed via overtube facilitated endoscopy using a retractable snare while the patient was sedated in the emergency department.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Harvey, Martyn, Cave, Grant, Prince, Gaynor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/568163
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spelling pubmed-35428842013-01-16 Endoscopic Removal of an Inadvertently Swallowed Toothbrush in the Emergency Department Harvey, Martyn Cave, Grant Prince, Gaynor Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report A 16-year-old girl inadvertently swallowed a toothbrush during attempted manual induction of emesis. The 20 cm toothbrush was successfully removed via overtube facilitated endoscopy using a retractable snare while the patient was sedated in the emergency department. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3542884/ /pubmed/23326718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/568163 Text en Copyright © 2012 Martyn Harvey et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542884/
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