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Successful Laparoscopic Removal of an Ingested Toothbrush

Most ingested foreign bodies will pass through the gastrointestinal tract without any problems. On the other hand long, slender objects such as a toothbrush will rarely be able to negotiate the angulated and fixed retroperitoneal duodenal loop. Spontaneous toothbrush passage has never been described...

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Autores principales: Jamal, Karim, Shaunak, Shalin, Kalsi, Sarandeep, Nehra, Dhiren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3977335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741430
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.128751
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author Jamal, Karim
Shaunak, Shalin
Kalsi, Sarandeep
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description Most ingested foreign bodies will pass through the gastrointestinal tract without any problems. On the other hand long, slender objects such as a toothbrush will rarely be able to negotiate the angulated and fixed retroperitoneal duodenal loop. Spontaneous toothbrush passage has never been described and therefore endoscopic or surgical removal is always required. Here we describe an asymptomatic young female presenting to out-patient clinic with a history of unintentional toothbrush ingestion 4 years prior. Endoscopic removal was unsuccessful because the toothbrush was partially embedded in to the gastric mucosa. We describe the second case to date of laparoscopic removal of a toothbrush via a gastrotomy with subsequent intra-corporeal repair of the defect.
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spelling pubmed-39773352014-04-16 Successful Laparoscopic Removal of an Ingested Toothbrush Jamal, Karim Shaunak, Shalin Kalsi, Sarandeep Nehra, Dhiren J Surg Tech Case Rep Case Report Most ingested foreign bodies will pass through the gastrointestinal tract without any problems. On the other hand long, slender objects such as a toothbrush will rarely be able to negotiate the angulated and fixed retroperitoneal duodenal loop. Spontaneous toothbrush passage has never been described and therefore endoscopic or surgical removal is always required. Here we describe an asymptomatic young female presenting to out-patient clinic with a history of unintentional toothbrush ingestion 4 years prior. Endoscopic removal was unsuccessful because the toothbrush was partially embedded in to the gastric mucosa. We describe the second case to date of laparoscopic removal of a toothbrush via a gastrotomy with subsequent intra-corporeal repair of the defect. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3977335/ /pubmed/24741430 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.128751 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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