Endoscopy to remove a screw in the duodenum of a child patient

The boy's brother discovered it and immediately reported it to his parents. The family quickly took the boy to the hospital.

On November 11, specialist doctor Nguyen Trong Tuong (Endoscopy Department, Xuyen A General Hospital , Vinh Long ) said that after receiving the patient at the Emergency Department, the doctors examined and thoroughly collected information from the child's family, ordered X-rays, and necessary paraclinical tests to determine the location.

After conducting an initial examination and urgent specialist consultation with the endoscopy team, the doctors decided to perform an esophagogastric endoscopy to remove the foreign object for the baby. The baby was immediately transferred to the operating room.

The doctors of the Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Endoscopy departments coordinated smoothly and carefully to remove the foreign object from the child. After about 20 minutes, the doctors successfully removed the foreign object, a spiral screw about 3 cm long, located in the duodenum of the child patient.

Endoscopic image of foreign object detected in the duodenum of a child

After removing the foreign object, the doctors found no damage to the esophageal, gastric, or duodenal mucosa, so the patient continued to be resuscitated. After waking up, the patient no longer had pain or discomfort, so he was transferred to another department for further monitoring.

Dr. Tuong recommends that parents with young children must be very careful and observe them. While children are playing, eating, and doing daily activities, they may accidentally swallow foreign objects such as coins, button batteries, magnets, small toys, or items such as safety pins, hair clips, etc.

Because children are active, parents should not let them play with small objects. Children are curious and will put them in their mouths, accidentally swallowing foreign objects, causing unfortunate consequences.

When discovering or suspecting that a child has swallowed a foreign object, parents need to quickly take the child to the hospital for accurate diagnosis and timely treatment.

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