The management of possible fishbone ingestion

• Published in: Auris, nasus, larynx Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 413 - 416
• Main Authors: Akazawa, Yoshihiro, Watanabe, Shoji, Nobukiyo, Shigenori, Iwatake, Hiroya, Seki, Yoshitake, Umehara, Tsuyoshi, Tsutsumi, Kouichiro, Koizuka, Izumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.12.2004
• Subjects: Esophagus; Fish bone; Foreign body; CT; Foreign body; Fish bone; Esophagus

We assessed the usefulness of computed tomography (CT) in cases of suspected impaction of fish bones in the esophagus. The findings of this study were also compared with those of studies in which surgery was used to remove or confirm the presence of fish bones. We accordingly propose a management pr...