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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Open Thoracic Surgery for Removal of a Two-Year-Old Impacted Esophageal Coin

  AUTHORS: Isaac Okyere, Samuel Gyasi Brenu, Perditer Okyere

  KEYWORDS: Foreign Body, Esophagus, Retrieval, Thoracotomy, Coin

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.10 No.1, February 28, 2020

  ABSTRACT: Introduction: Esophageal foreign bodies are important and serious cause of morbidity and mortality in both children and adults, usually as a result of serious complications, such as perforation, necrosis, mediastinitis, and fistulation. Therefore, rapid and accurate diagnosis with subsequent removal is very important. Clinical Case: We present and discuss the presentation, diagnosis and surgical management of a 6-year-old with a 2-year history of ingested coin locked in the oesophagus. Discussion: Diagnosis was established by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, barium swallow and chest x-ray. The coin was removed by open surgery via oesophagotomy through right thoracotomy after failed retrieval via rigid oesophagoscopy. Conclusion: Surgical treatment in the form of esophagotomy via thoracotomy may be necessary in some cases of impacted foreign bodies in the esophagus where endoscopic removal is unsuccessful.