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Emergency admissions due to swallowed foreign bodies in adults

Bülent Erbil

World Journal of Gastroenterology · 2013 · 72 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

Plain radiography is helpful in the localization of radiopaque swollen foreign bodies, while fiberoptic methods are useful as both diagnostic and therapeutic tools, regardless of radiopacity.

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