IP Indian Journal of Anatomy and Surgery of Head, Neck and Brain
Official Publication of Khyati Education And Research Foundation
Official Publication of Khyati Education And Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2581-5210
Online ISSN: 2581-5229
CODEN : IIJAAL
IP Indian Journal of Anatomy and Surgery of Head, Neck and Brain (IJASHNB) open access, peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing since 2015 and is published under the Khyati Education and Research Foundation (KERF), is registered as a non-profit society (under the society registration act, 1860), Government of India with the vision of various accredited vocational courses in healthcare, education, paramedical, yoga, publication, teaching and research activity, with the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing more...Null
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Volume : 1, Issue : 1, Year : 2015
Article Page : 33-35
Abstract
Ingestion of foreign body is not uncommon in paediatric population; most of them being act of curiosity while some are ingested accidentally while playing. However foreign body ingestion is unusual in a neonate. This is a report of a 29 day old neonate who ingested a finger ring presented by her uncle. The foreign body impaction was confirmed radiologically, and it was removed by transoral oesophagoscopy using paediatric bronchoscope under general anaesthesia.
Key words: Foreign body; Neonate; Oesophagoscopy; Paediatric bronchoscope
How to cite : Bhat V S, Bhandary A, Bhandary S K, Shetty S, Oesophageal Foreign body in a neonate: Report of an uncommon case. IP Indian J Anat Surg Head Neck Brain 2015;1(1):33-35
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