Swallowed dental bridge causing ileal perforation: a case report.
We report the case of a 53 year old gentleman who had accidentally swallowed his dental bridge. One week following this he experienced a sudden onset of generalised abdominal pain and underwent laparotomy. At operation he was found to have a distal ileal perforation and an ileocaecal resection was performed. Although most swallowed foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract without problem, serious complications including intestinal perforation can occur.
Rashid
Farhan
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Department of Surgery, Derby City General Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, DE22 3NE, UK. j.simpson@nottingham.ac.uk.
Simpson
John
J
Ananthakrishnan
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Tierney
Gillian M
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