Impaction of an Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscope in the Distal Esophagus: Alternative Method of Removal by Double Endoscopy without Fluoroscopic Assistance

P.-M. Huang; H.-P. Wang; C.-N. Chen; L.-H. Chen; Y.-C. Lee

doi:10.1055/s-2006-925212

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2006; 38(3): 293
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-925212

Unusual Cases and Technical Notes

Impaction of an Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscope in the Distal Esophagus: Alternative Method of Removal by Double Endoscopy without Fluoroscopic Assistance

P.-M. Huang¹ , H.-P. Wang² , C.-N. Chen¹ , L.-H. Chen¹ , Y.-C. Lee¹

¹Department of Surgery and Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
²Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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Y.-C. Lee, MD, PhD

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