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Food Bolus Impaction in the Era of Increased EoE Recognition: Push and Pull, Biopsy and Dilate Before It Is Too Late

Food Bolus Impaction in the Era of Increased EoE Recognition: Push and Pull, Biopsy and Dilate... Digestive Diseases and Sciences (2018) 63:1371–1373 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-018-5057-9 EDITORIAL Food Bolus Impaction in the Era of Increased EoE Recognition: Push and Pull, Biopsy and Dilate Before It Is Too Late 1 2 Ajay Sharma  · Hamish Philpott Published online: 12 April 2018 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018 Food bolus impaction of the esophagus (FBE), a common guidelines recommend advancing the bolus into the stomach gastroenterological emergency, has been increasingly recog- as a first-line safe, effective strategy [ 7, 8]. Interestingly, 28% nized as a complication of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) [1, of respondents reported the availability of the recently tested 2]. The initial management of food bolus impaction is to first and promising suction cap in order to facilitate retrieval [9]. and foremost safely expedite relief of obstruction in order Dilation of the esophagus following bolus clearance was to prevent aspiration of gastric contents and esophageal per- reported as a preferred treatment by ~ 50% of clinicians, foration [3]. The second but similarly important priority is foreseeably reflecting an easing of concerns regarding per - to consider the underlying cause in order to inform future foration in EoE, given recent reassuring data to this end [8]. management. It is in this latter case http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Digestive Diseases and Sciences Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2018 by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature
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Medicine & Public Health; Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Oncology; Transplant Surgery; Biochemistry, general
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0163-2116
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1573-2568
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10.1007/s10620-018-5057-9
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Digestive Diseases and Sciences (2018) 63:1371–1373 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-018-5057-9 EDITORIAL Food Bolus Impaction in the Era of Increased EoE Recognition: Push and Pull, Biopsy and Dilate Before It Is Too Late 1 2 Ajay Sharma  · Hamish Philpott Published online: 12 April 2018 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018 Food bolus impaction of the esophagus (FBE), a common guidelines recommend advancing the bolus into the stomach gastroenterological emergency, has been increasingly recog- as a first-line safe, effective strategy [ 7, 8]. Interestingly, 28% nized as a complication of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) [1, of respondents reported the availability of the recently tested 2]. The initial management of food bolus impaction is to first and promising suction cap in order to facilitate retrieval [9]. and foremost safely expedite relief of obstruction in order Dilation of the esophagus following bolus clearance was to prevent aspiration of gastric contents and esophageal per- reported as a preferred treatment by ~ 50% of clinicians, foration [3]. The second but similarly important priority is foreseeably reflecting an easing of concerns regarding per - to consider the underlying cause in order to inform future foration in EoE, given recent reassuring data to this end [8]. management. It is in this latter case

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