Impacted foreign body in oesophagus video assisted thoracoscopic surgery approach

Authors

  • Raj Gajbhiye Department of Surgery, GMC, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  • Bhupesh Tirpude Department of Surgery, GMC, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  • Vikrant Akulwar Department of Surgery, GMC, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  • Hemant Bhanarkar Department of Surgery, GMC, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
  • Aashish R. Chavan Department of Surgery, GMC, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20194092

Keywords:

Impacted, Foreign body oesophagus, Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Abstract

Ingested foreign body in oesophagus is very common in emergency department. The most frequently ingested foreign bodies in children are coins, alkaline batteries while in adults’ meat, fish bones, denture. Most of the ingested foreign bodies pass spontaneously but 1% or less will require surgery. Here we report an interesting case of a mentally retarded young girl with impacted large stone in the lower oesophagus in whom endoscopic approach had failed. Then video assisted thoracoscopic surgery was done successfully to extract the impacted foreign body. A thoracoscopic approach is much safer and feasible in such cases.

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Published

2019-08-28

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Case Reports