Esophageal bougienage in the emergency department with a substitute Hurst dilator |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;2. Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;3. St. John''s Regional Medical Center, Oxnard, CA, United States of America;1. Residency Program in Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan;2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan;3. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan;4. School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan;1. University of Rochester, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rochester, NY, USA;2. University of Rochester, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA |
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| Abstract: | Impacted esophageal foreign bodies typically first present to the emergency department, with coins being most common in children and food boluses most common in adults. Controversy exists regarding the best treatment options in these cases. We report two cases, one pediatric and one adult, where the use of a novel substitute Hurst dilator constructed of materials regularly found in all EDs was successfully used to treat impacted esophageal foreign bodies. |
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