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Removal of Gastrointestinal Foreign Body

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Therapeutic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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Consider removal of foreign body if it is symptomatic or expected to cause complications.

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

    Si Hyung Lee

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, 700-712, Korea

    Kyung Sik Park

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Hoon Jai Chun

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Suk-Kyun Yang

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Myung-Gyu Choi

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Lee, S.H., Park, K.S. (2015). Removal of Gastrointestinal Foreign Body. In: Chun, H., Yang, SK., Choi, MG. (eds) Therapeutic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55071-3_5

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