Localisation of upper oesophageal foreign bodies in a recumbent tetraplegic patient

ABSTRACT Report of oesophageal obstruction in a tetraplegie patient following swallowing of a chicken bone. Removal following x-ray localisation. SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS

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