Minimally invasive approach for retrieval of retropharyngeal foreign body

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Abstract

Ingested fish bone at times can migrate extraluminally into the surrounding soft tissue, leading to complications. Conventionally, these migrated fish bones are retrieved by open procedures, which could add to the morbidity. We successfully retrieved one such foreign body by a minimally invasive transcervical approach in a 64-year-old female patient. The method offered an easy identification of the foreign body with minimal soft-tissue dissection, which ultimately aided in the early post-operative recovery. This is the first report of a minimally invasive approach to explore the retropharyngeal space, and we propose the technique even for sampling retropharyngeal lymph node.

First Page

554

Last Page

555

DOI

10.4103/jmas.JMAS_243_20

Publication Date

10-1-2021

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