Endoscopic removal of esophageal impacted dentures.
OBJECTIVE
A retrospective study was conducted on 6 patients with esophageal impacted dentures removed via rigid esophagoscopy.


METHODS
Six patients with esophageal impacted dentures were treated in our department, and the following technique was successfully performed. With the patients under general anesthesia, we inserted the endoscope to visualize the impacted dentures, fixed them with forceps, and then stuffed several cotton slivers soaked in saline solution into the esophagus around the dentures with another forceps. Then we extracted the dentures from the esophagus.


RESULTS
All dentures were extracted through esophagoscopy, and there were no severe complications except for 1 case of esophageal hematoma.


CONCLUSIONS
The dilation method using saline solution-soaked cotton slivers is relatively safe and effective in removing impacted dentures from the esophagus, avoiding open surgery and possible perforation.
Fang
Rui
R
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Anhui Medical University Affiliated Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, China.
Sun
Jingwu
J
Hu
Yanming
Y
Yao
Kun
K
Hu
Wei
W
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003829:Denture, Partial; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies