A medical expert reviews unusual and challenging cases involving the removal of foreign objects from the body.

How did that get there? Nearly 300,000 American adults wind up in the emergency room every year for having a “foreign object in body” — making it the ninth leading cause of unintentional injuries that ...

Researchers saw a drop off in foreign object removal procedures just as cashless payments like ApplePay and Paypal took off. By Mack DeGeurin Published Mar 28, 2025 4:00 PM EDT Add Popular Science ...

With foreign body impactions on the rise, gastroenterologists are increasingly challenged to come to the rescue with a safe extraction, but with preparation and utilization of key strategies, the ...

Magnets, chargers, lollipops and orange peels are just some of the surprising objects that people got stuck in their bodies in 2021, according to reports from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety ...

A rigid esophagoscopy is a medical procedure that uses a tube-like instrument with a lens and light to view the inside of the food pipe, known as the esophagus. Rigid esophagoscopy can detect tumors, ...