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Large foreign body seen within the gastric corpus.
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The patient underwent initial endoscopy which revealed a large (5 x 3 cm) FB of unclear material in the gastric body (Figure 1).
Foreign body unable to pass the gastroesophageal junction.
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Removal was attempted with a snare but was unsuccessful as the FB was too large to safely pass through the gastroesophageal junction (Figure 2).
Endoscopic scissors being used to transect the foreign body.
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The overtube was then removed and Ensizor Flexible Endoscopic Scissors (Apollo Endosurgery) were used to transect the FB into 2 pieces (Figure 3).