title: Hooking a chronically embedded esophageal coin.
abstract: A penny chronically embedded within the wall of the esophagus was removed using a laparoscopic cautery hook when conventional foreign body forceps were ineffectual.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, KS 67214-3882, USA.
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Knight
mesh_terms: D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009717:Numismatics