Esophageal Foreign Body: Treatment and Complications

The most common cause of esophageal foreign bodies in adults is meat in Western countries and fish bones in Asian countries, including Korea. Although most ingested foreign bodies pass spontaneously through the esophagus without any clinical sequelae, some sharp foreign bodies, such as fish bones em...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sun-Jin Boo, Heung Up Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jin Publishing & Printing Co. 2018-07-01
Series:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.kjg.or.kr/journal/view.html?doi=10.4166/kjg.2018.72.1.1