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Radiology, Vol 146, 299-301, Copyright © 1983 by Radiological Society of North America

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Acute esophageal food impaction treated by gas-forming agents

BT Rice, PK Spiegel and PJ Dombrowski

Impacted meat obstructing the esophagus was successfully treated in 8 patients by oral administration of tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate. This acid-base mixture produces carbon dioxide, which distends the esophagus and propels the meat into the stomach. The authors have had a 100% success rate with no complications and recommend that this procedure be the first treatment attempted for meat impaction in the esophagus.


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