{"id":592,"date":"2025-02-11T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gujaratgastrohospital.in\/?page_id=592"},"modified":"2025-02-11T11:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T11:32:25","slug":"foreign-body-removal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gujaratgastrohospital.in\/foreign-body-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign body removal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"592\" class=\"elementor elementor-592\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e55a47 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9e55a47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c55b56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c55b56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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\/><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cc6ae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cc6ae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"347\"><strong data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"347\">Indications for Endoscopic Foreign Body Removal<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a66c9e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a66c9e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"588\"><p data-start=\"351\" data-end=\"374\"><strong data-start=\"351\" data-end=\"372\">Swallowed Objects<\/strong><\/p><ul data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"588\"><li 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data-start=\"897\" data-end=\"912\">Preparation<\/strong><\/p><ul data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1103\"><li data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"989\">Patient evaluation (history, imaging like X-ray or CT scan if needed)<\/li><li data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1041\">Fasting (usually 6\u20138 hours before procedure)<\/li><li data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1103\">Sedation or general anesthesia (depending on the case)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1415\"><p data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1130\"><strong data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1130\">Endoscopic Removal<\/strong><\/p><ul data-start=\"1134\" data-end=\"1415\"><li data-start=\"1134\" data-end=\"1211\">A flexible <strong data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1162\">gastroscope<\/strong> or <strong data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1182\">duodenoscope<\/strong> is inserted via the mouth.<\/li><li data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1313\">Various tools (forceps, snares, baskets, nets, or overtubes) help grasp and remove the 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