Endoscopic foreign body retrieval through a gastrostomy feeding orifice.
This report concerns the removal of a dental bridge through a feeding gastrotomy orifice under direct endoscopic visualization. A 90-year-old bedridden female with a feeding gastrostomy tube, dislodged and swallowed her dental bridge during a coughing episode. At upper endoscopy the dental bridge was snared in the stomach but removed with a pair of Kelly clamps through the feeding gastrostomy orifice. The removal technique ad a discussion of our management alternatives are presented.
D000368:Aged; D003829:Denture, Partial; D004724:Endoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans