Rare Case of Accidental Ingestion of Tooth Brush: Endoscopic Retrieval
Published: 2020-11-23
Page: 312-315
Issue: 2020 - Volume 3 [Issue 2]
Basvaraj Teli
Department of General Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
Jyoti Taneja *
Department of General Surgery, Dr. NC Joshi Memorial Hospital (Govt of NCT), Delhi, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Foreign body accidental ingestion of size 20 cm in length in a sane person is a rare phenomenon. We are here presenting a case of 50 year old male patient with accidental ingestion of toothbrush and its endoscopic retrieval with the help of polypectomy snare.
Keywords: Endoscopy, foreign body, tooth brush, polypectomy snare.