At the focal pointRetrieval of a large foreign body from the ileum with double-balloon enteroscopy (with videos)
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Commentary A fork in the road calls for a decision, as does a fork in the duodenum. I would not have imagined that a fork would have passed the C-loop of the duodenum and was surprised when it did, because objects longer than 6 inches have difficulty negotiating the duodenal sweep. This fork, however, perhaps of shorter length and plastic composition, did not have the courtesy to wait for the endoscopist, but rather
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