Video: Foreign Body Removal

A video posted by Dr. HealthThenMore (@healththenmore) on Nov 21, 2016 at 12:37am PST

Try guessing how a phone got in there😳😳👀
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📚🏨 Foreign body forceps are used when removing foreign bodies inside the throat.
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The esophagus has 3 areas of narrowing where foreign bodies are most likely to become entrapped:
👉🏽the upper esophageal sphincter (UES), which consists of the cricopharyngeus muscle.
👉🏽the crossover of the aorta and
👉🏽the lower esophageal sphincter (LES).
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