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- Title
Endoscopic management of ingested toothpick resulting in duodeno-ureteric fistula.
- Authors
Roberts, Georgia; McKay, Bartholomew; Nathanson, Andrew; Hii, Michael W; Banting, Simon
- Abstract
Toothpicks are commonly used but rarely ingested. Unlike most foreign bodies, if accidentally swallowed these rarely spontaneously pass. The duodenum has been reported as the most common site of toothpick foreign body lodgement in the upper gastrointestinal tract. We report the case of a 57-year-old presenting with recurrent urosepsis after non recognition of a toothpick impaction in the duodenum with fistulisation into the right renal pelvis. Endoscopic removal of the foreign body was successful in management of the urosepsis.
- Subjects
ENDOSCOPIC surgery; KIDNEY pelvis; FOREIGN bodies; GASTROINTESTINAL system; FISTULA; DUODENUM
- Publication
Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2024, Vol 2024, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
2042-8812
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/jscr/rjae214