Affiliation:
1. From the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit.
Abstract
Upper digestive tract obstruction can occur after ingestion of various types of foreign bodies. However, to the best of our knowledge, no case of a near-total obstruction caused by an irreversible hydrocolloid has heretofore been reported in the literature. We present just such a case, and we discuss our preferred method of removing foreign bodies from the cervical esophagus.