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Case Reports
. 1987 Jul;2(2):285-7.
doi: 10.3904/kjim.1987.2.2.285.

Endoscopic extraction of a perforating wire from the stomach

Y K Lee, S I Chae, W S Cho
Case Reports

Endoscopic extraction of a perforating wire from the stomach

Y K Lee et al. Korean J Intern Med. 1987 Jul.

Abstract

A Report on the succesful endoscopic removal of a wire 3.8 cm long which perforated the gastric wall.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Endoscopic view showing a perforating wire on the prepyloric antrum.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Extracted foreign body.
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