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Serious complications following (removal after) ingestion of a partial denture
Ernstige verwikkelingen door een ingeslikte gebitsprothese
2008
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Tandheelkunde
Ernstige verwikkelingen door een ingeslikte gebitsprothese
Complications occurred in a 41-year-old woman (case 1) following a first attempt to remove a partial denture by oesophagoscopy. These were: laceration of the oesophagus with subsequent mediastinitis, pneumothorax, and pneumopericardium. With a second oesophagoscopy the denture was removed from the oesophagus using a flexible endoscope with a latex hood. Following antibiotic treatment the patient recovered. With a 45-year-old man (case 2) who had also swallowed a denture, the denture initially
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