Endoscopic management of ingested toothpick resulting in duodeno-ureteric fistula.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Roberts, Georgia; McKay, Bartholomew; Nathanson, Andrew; Hii, Michael W; Banting, Simon
- Source
- Journal of Surgical Case Reports. Apr2024, Vol. 2024 Issue 4, p1-3. 3p.
- Subject
- *ENDOSCOPIC surgery
*KIDNEY pelvis
*FOREIGN bodies
*GASTROINTESTINAL system
*FISTULA
*DUODENUM
- Language
- ISSN
- 2042-8812
Toothpicks are commonly used but rarely ingested. Unlike most foreign bodies, if accidentally swallowed these rarely spontaneously pass. The duodenum has been reported as the most common site of toothpick foreign body lodgement in the upper gastrointestinal tract. We report the case of a 57-year-old presenting with recurrent urosepsis after non recognition of a toothpick impaction in the duodenum with fistulisation into the right renal pelvis. Endoscopic removal of the foreign body was successful in management of the urosepsis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]