Author/Editor     Skok, P
Title     Sengstaken tube: useful also in removing sharp foreign bodies from esophagus - a case report
Type     članek
Source     Endosk Heute
Vol. and No.     Letnik 14, št. 3
Publication year     2001
Volume     str. 107-9
Language     eng
Abstract     Foreign bodies in esophagus are rarely the cause of emergency situations in gastroenterology. Presented is the case of a 63-year-old male patient who had swallowed a chicken bone which had become lodged in the upper esophagus. During intervention endoscopic investigation, the sharp foreign body, a triangular 35 x 25 mm large chicken bone, was removed by the assistence of a Sengstaken tube.
Descriptors     ESOPHAGUS
FOREIGN BODIES
EMERGENCIES
MIDDLE AGE
ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
CHICKENS