George Tambakis, Tamar Schildkraut, Isabella Delaney, Robert Gilmore, Moshe Loebenstein, Andrew Taylor, Bronte Holt, Edward H Tsoi, Georgina Cameron, Barbara Demediuk, Ashley Miller, William Connell, Emily Wright, Alexander Thompson, Jacinta Holmes
Background and study aims Foreign body ingestion is a common cause for Emergency Department presentation. In adults, foreign body ingestion is more common in patients with underlying psychiatric comorbidity, the elderly, alcohol intoxication, and in prisoners. This study reviewed the management of patients presenting to a tertiary hospital with foreign body ingestion. Patients and methods A retrospective review of patients presenting with foreign body ingestion to a tertiary hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, was undertaken from January 2017 to December 2021...
December 2023: Endoscopy International Open