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Natalie Perez-Mendez1, Michelle Freeman1, Hasan Ilyas1
1Schmidt College of Medicine Florida Atlantic University.
Abstract:
We describe a case of a 53-year-old female who presented for elective esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and eventually needed surgical intervention to remove a plastic fork that she accidentally swallowed twenty years prior while in prison. This article highlights approaches to retrieving a foreign object within the stomach via endoscopy, the importance of recognizing the risks of endoscopy, and serves as a reminder that we must be aware of the social determinants of health that pertain to our patients.
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