Alleged Nail Ingestion: How and When to Intervene

Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common situation which we are dealing nowdays. We presented as case of nail ingestion by a 19 year-old young gentleman. Urgent endoscopy procedure shows high successful rate in retrieving the FBs, but surgical approach is justified in case of failed endoscopic remo...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Fardi, Sulaiman, Ikhwan Sani, Mohamad, Syed Hassan, Syed Aziz
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spelling my-unisza-ir.49992022-01-31T08:10:59Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4999/ Alleged Nail Ingestion: How and When to Intervene Ahmad Fardi, Sulaiman Ikhwan Sani, Mohamad Syed Hassan, Syed Aziz RD Surgery Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common situation which we are dealing nowdays. We presented as case of nail ingestion by a 19 year-old young gentleman. Urgent endoscopy procedure shows high successful rate in retrieving the FBs, but surgical approach is justified in case of failed endoscopic removal of sharp FBs like nails to prevent intestinal perforation and other complications due to unpredictable migration of FBs. 2014-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4999/1/FH02-FESP-18-14322.pdf Ahmad Fardi, Sulaiman and Ikhwan Sani, Mohamad and Syed Hassan, Syed Aziz (2014) Alleged Nail Ingestion: How and When to Intervene. Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports SAS, 2 (2). pp. 80-82. ISSN 2347-6559
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Ahmad Fardi, Sulaiman
Ikhwan Sani, Mohamad
Syed Hassan, Syed Aziz
Alleged Nail Ingestion: How and When to Intervene
description Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common situation which we are dealing nowdays. We presented as case of nail ingestion by a 19 year-old young gentleman. Urgent endoscopy procedure shows high successful rate in retrieving the FBs, but surgical approach is justified in case of failed endoscopic removal of sharp FBs like nails to prevent intestinal perforation and other complications due to unpredictable migration of FBs.
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author Ahmad Fardi, Sulaiman
Ikhwan Sani, Mohamad
Syed Hassan, Syed Aziz
author_facet Ahmad Fardi, Sulaiman
Ikhwan Sani, Mohamad
Syed Hassan, Syed Aziz
author_sort Ahmad Fardi, Sulaiman
title Alleged Nail Ingestion: How and When to Intervene
title_short Alleged Nail Ingestion: How and When to Intervene
title_full Alleged Nail Ingestion: How and When to Intervene
title_fullStr Alleged Nail Ingestion: How and When to Intervene
title_full_unstemmed Alleged Nail Ingestion: How and When to Intervene
title_sort alleged nail ingestion: how and when to intervene
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4999/1/FH02-FESP-18-14322.pdf
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