Endoscopic removal of dentures from esophagus

(Baonghean.vn) - Doctors of the ENT Department of Nghe An General Hospital have just removed 6 false teeth from the esophagus of a 53-year-old male patient in Hoang Mai, Quynh Luu, Nghe An.

Admitted to the hospital on September 8 with anxiety, burning pain behind the sternum, difficulty swallowing; patient Nguyen Van Ng. said that while eating noodles in the morning, he accidentally swallowed his dentures. He tried to remove them himself but to no avail, so he rushed to the hospital for intervention.

At Nghe An General Hospital, doctors quickly performed an endoscopy through the mouth and discovered a denture with 6 teeth stuck in the esophagus. “Using an endoscope, along with the support of muscle relaxant anesthesia, we gently manipulated, slowly rotated to successfully remove the denture, avoiding maximum damage to the esophageal mucosa. Currently, patient Ng.'s health is stable, and he is being fed through a gastric tube.” - Dr. Tang Xuan Hai, head of the ENT department, said.

Dentures were removed from patient Ng's esophagus.

Doctor Hai recommends that to avoid getting foreign objects, people should be careful when eating and drinking, chew thoroughly, swallow slowly, do not eat in a hurry, avoid choking or aspirating. People with dentures should be even more careful when eating, especially dentures that have been used for a long time can be worn out, loose, not firmly attached to the jaw and fall out, which is very dangerous because it can easily get into the food and respiratory tract. If you accidentally choke or aspirate, you should quickly go to the hospital for timely intervention.

Hoang Yen