TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - [Difficult endoscopic extraction: pneumomediastinum and bilateral pneumothorax after attempted endoscopic extraction of needle incarcerated in hiatal hernia]
JO  - Giornale di Chirurgia
A1  - Scamporrino, A.
A1  - Mongardini, M.
A1  - Stagnitti, F.
A1  - Corona, F.
A1  - Costantini, A.
A1  - Priore, F. M.
A1  - Tiberi, R.
A1  - Iannetti, A.
A1  - Occhigrossi, G.
SP  - 261
EP  - 267
VL  - 23
IS  - 6-7
N2  - From June 1987 to April 2000, 167 (74%) of 223 patients suspected of swallowing foreign bodies were treated. Hundred-sixty-three were successfully treated endoscopically. The surgery rate was 2.4%. There was failure to remove a tablespoon, a tooth-brush, a dental prostheses with metallic hook, a knitting-needle. The sharp and pointed foreign bodies were 35 (20.9%). Endoscopic removal of sharp and pointed foreign bodies in the upper gastrointestinal tract can be very difficult to manage. The Authors report iatrogenic perforation of esophagus-gastric-fundus in a patient with hiatus hernia who ingested a big knitting-needle in order to suicide. They think that it is absolutely necessary to use special endoscopic equipment during the taking out of foreign-body procedure, especially when pointed and sharp-edge shaped bodies are involved and when there is high risk of iatrogenic lesions.<p /> <p>Language: it</p>
LA  - it
SN  - 0391-9005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -