Successful Removal of a Screw Nail in the Jejunum Using Double-Balloon Enteroscopy
- Authors
- Kim, Dong Ju; Sim, Myoung Ki; Lee, Sang Wook; Lee, Tae Hee
- Issue Date
- Sep-2015
- Publisher
- 대한소화기내시경학회
- Keywords
- Double-balloon enteroscopy; Endoscopic removal of sharp objects; Foreign bodies; Jejunum; Screw nail
- Citation
- Clinical Endoscopy, v.48, no.5, pp 444 - 446
- Pages
- 3
- Journal Title
- Clinical Endoscopy
- Volume
- 48
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 444
- End Page
- 446
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/10360
- DOI
- 10.5946/ce.2015.48.5.444
- ISSN
- 2234-2400
2234-2443
- Abstract
- The vast majority of foreign bodies (FBs) that enter the stomach pass through the gastrointestinal tract spontaneously. When the FB enters the small bowel-beyond the reach of conventional endoscopy-daily radiographs are needed to ensure its safe passage. However, endoscopic intervention is an appropriate management strategy for a sharp-pointed FB, because sharp FBs have a higher risk of intestinal perforation. We describe here a case in which a 1.5-cm, sharp-pointed screw nail in the proximal jejunum was removed successfully by double-balloon enteroscopy from a 19-year-old-male with autism. This case adds to the growing body of evidence demonstrating the value of therapeutic double-balloon enteroscopy in the field of FB ingestion.
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