Removal of Coins From the Esophagus: Nothing New Under the Sun
- 1 February 1973
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 51 (2) , 313
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.51.2.313
Abstract
In the recent literature there appears to be a revival of interest in the use of Foley catheters in removing foreign objects from both orifices of the alimentary canal.1-3 During the peak of the Byzantine period, foreign bodies were extracted from the esophagus by having the patient swallow a small, dry sponge on a string, allowing it to expand in the stomach and then withdrawing the sponge. Paulus Aegineta (seventh century) wrote in Book Six of his Epitome of Medicine:Keywords
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