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Successful Endoscopic Removal of a Swallowed Toothbrush: Case Report

Most ingested foreign bodies will pass uneventfully through the gastrointestinal tract. Nevertheless, long and rigid foreign bodies are associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal impaction, perforation and bleeding. Moreover, there has been no case of spontaneous passage of a toothbrush r...

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Main Authors: Tonkic, Ante, Bogdanovic, Zoran, Grandić, Leo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: S. Karger AG 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080583/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21512617
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000326962
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