Profile of foreign body ingestion and outcomes of endoscopic management in pediatric population

Background: Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a frequent gastrointestinal emergency in pediatric population. Improvement in endoscopic techniques and equipment enables nonsurgical management in most situations. Recent data from India on pediatric FB ingestion have been lacking. Aim: The aim of this stu...

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Main Authors: Avinash Bhat Balekuduru, Bhuvan Shetty, Amit Dutta, Satyaprakash Bonthala Subbaraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-5042.202814