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Laser-assisted removal of a foreign body impacted in the esophagus
1Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong.
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
|January 1, 1997
Abstract
Background And Objective:
We reported the use of Holmium-YAG laser in the management of a foreign body impacted in the esophagus.
Study Design/Patients And Methods:
Esophagoscopy was performed on a man with a denture impacted in the esophagus. The denture was disimpacted into the stomach and fractured with Holmium-YAG laser before removal.
Results:
The denture was successfully removed in three pieces without complications.
Conclusion:
Holmium-YAG laser can be used to fragment foreign bodies to aid in their removal.