Endoscopic removal of obstructing food bolus: Can a cap do the trick?

Foreign body ingestion and food bolus (FB) impaction are commonly encountered indications for emergency endoscopy in clinical practice.1 Foreign body ingestion is commonly seen in children because of accidental swallowing, whereas FB impaction is more frequent in adults.1 FB impaction in the esophagus is mostly seen in edentulous, psychiatric, or intoxicated patients; the majority have an underlying esophageal motility disorder or a luminal pathologic condition like web, ring, stricture, diverticula, external compression, anastomosis, or eosinophilic esophagitis.

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