Dental Prosthesis in Esophagus: A Right Cervicotomic Approach

Foreign body ingestion in the upper digestive tract is a relatively common emergency. Less than 1% have to be treated surgically. We report the case of a 68-year-old man who ingested a dental prosthesis, probably during a seizure, and thus unknowingly, and presented two days later to the emergency d...

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Published in:Life
Main Authors: Matteo Zanchetta, Elisa Monti, Lorenzo Latham, Jessica Costa, Alessandro Marzorati, Murad Odeh, Elisabetta Marta Colombo, Giuseppe Ietto, Davide Inversini, Domenico Iovino, Marco Paolo Maffioli, Luigi Fiorenzo Festi, Giulio Carcano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Subjects:
foreign body
esophagus
right cervicotomy
cervicotomy
perforation
dental prosthesis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/12/8/1170

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