A retrospective cohort study on oesophageal food bolus obstruction in the North Denmark region in 2021—two thirds were never diagnosed with a cause

Abstract Background Food bolus obstruction (FBO) leading to hospital treatment is often associated with eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE), stenosis, or oesophageal cancer (1). Danish national guidelines recommend that patients with FBO undergo a diagnostic upper endoscopy within two weeks of presentat...

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Published in:	BMC Gastroenterology
Main Authors:	Jacob Holmen Terkelsen, Martin Hollænder, Kasper Bredal, Sara Munk Nielsen, Kristoffer Vittrup Koed Thomsen, Amanda Baggerman, Emilia Ofverlind, Alptug Mertcan Koc, Hannah Pakes, Marco Bassam Mahdi, Sanne Ørnfeldt Larsen, Vanessa Parra Gonzalez, Johannes Riis, Line Tegtmeier Frandsen, Dorte Melgaard, Anne Lund Krarup
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Food Bolus obstruction Food Bolus Impaction Oesophagus Upper Endoscopy Eosinophilic oesophagitis Oesophageal cancer
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-023-03077-8