@kafanalabs: Endoscopic removal is the preferred and most effective treatment for esophageal foreign bodies, achieving success rates exceeding 90% with complication rates below 5%. This minimally invasive procedure allows for direct visualization and retrieval using tools such as grasping forceps, retrieval nets, baskets, or snare devices, often with an overtube to protect the airway. Urgent or emergent endoscopy is required for specific high-risk objects, including sharp-pointed items, disk/button batteries, and any object causing significant obstruction or airway compromise. Button batteries require removal within 2 hours due to the risk of rapid esophageal corrosion, while sharp objects should be removed as soon as possible to prevent perforation, which can occur in up to 35% of cases if delayed. #fbingestion #esophagealimpaction #foreignbody #endoscopy #gi

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