title: Removal of impacted food in children with eosinophilic esophagitis using Saeed banding device.
abstract: Food impaction in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis is being recognized increasingly. Retrieval of impacted food may be necessary if it does not resolve spontaneously. The present report describes a new technique for removal of friable impacted food from the esophagus using a modified version of the Saeed banding device. With this technique, impacted food was safely removed in a single attempt in each of 3 patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.
authors.forename: Cass R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Colin D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Rudolph
authors.forename: Manu R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sood
mesh_terms: D001630:Bezoars / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004802:Eosinophilia; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male