Is CT effective in cases of upper oesophageal fish bone ingestion?
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Emergency Medicine Journal
- Vol. 24 (1), 48-49
- https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2006.044388
Abstract
In [patients who are suspected to have fish or chicken bones impacted in the oesophagus] is [computerised tomography better than plain radiography] at [identifying and localising a foreign body]?Keywords
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