title: Gastric foreign bodies: no longer a cross to bear.
abstract: Flexible video gastroscopy can be combined with laparoscopic techniques to aid extraction of difficult gastric foreign bodies. A case is presented describing this technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. chupwz@wimmera.com.au
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Crosthwaite
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications; D003679:Deglutition; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000150:complications; D013270:Stomach; D014741:Video Recording