Ingested foreign bodies, food bolus impaction, migration or retention of medical devices are
frequent, in children as well as in adults. Most of these foreign bodies will naturally pass
through the gastro-intestinal tract. Complications are rare but sometimes severe
(oesophageal perforations are the most frequent and most feared). We aimed to review the
literature on therapeutic management of digestive foreign bodies and food bolus impaction,
with special focus on endoscopic indications, material, timing and techniques for removal …