A "push-and-pull" trick for endoscopic removal of buckyballs impacted in the esophagus and gastric fundus.

Hongjuan Ouyang, Jieyu You, Tao Dong, Rui Wu, Li Liu, Zhining Fan

Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas 2023 May

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As a common foreign body in children, magnet ingestion has been a widespread health issue. Unlike single magnet, ingestion of multiple magnets, especially those high-powered like Buckyballs could cause significant GI injury, e.g., perforation and fistula. Hereby we present a "push-and-pull" trick for management of a rare circumstance of Buckyballs ingestion.

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Hongjuan Ouyang, Jieyu You, Tao Dong, Rui Wu, Li Liu, Zhining Fan. A "push-and-pull" trick for endoscopic removal of buckyballs impacted in the esophagus and gastric fundus. Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas. 2023 May;115(5):275-276