Year 2017 / Volume 109 / Number 1
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Endoscopic retrieval of toothbrushes in a schizophrenic patient

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José Luis Beristain-Hernández, Mario Eduardo Torres-Olalde, Martín Rojano-Rodríguez,

Abstract
Foreign bodies are a common problem in the daily endoscopic practice. Nevertheless, long objects as toothbrushes, sometimes pose a special problem when trying to remove them from the stomach, due to the difficulty of passing through the hiatus. Endoscopic retrieval of toothbrushes has seldom be reported.
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Received: 07/12/2015

Accepted: 19/01/2016

Published: 03/01/2017

Article editing time: 393 days


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