Guest guest Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 There have in the past been some messages about the home use of bougies. If you are like me you cringe at that for various reasons. I found this title, below, on PubMed. There is no abstract to go with it, but the title says enough. A rare but life-threatening complication of self-bougienage: iatrogenic esophageal foreign body. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18278721 Try coughing that up! " Iatrogenic " implies to me that the patient was acting on a doctor's words, by following orders or otherwise. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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