Foreign Body Ingestion: Surgical Therapy

Surgical intervention is rarely required (in 1-2% of cases).

Absolute indication

  • Perforation (breakthrough)

Relative indications

  • Endoscopic (“by mirroring”) not controllable complications.
  • Unsuccessful endoscopic salvage attempts.
  • Lingering of a foreign body in the distal duodenum (duodenum) for longer than one week