HighlightsOnly one percent of foreign body ingestion needs surgery.Exploratory laparotomy has been the mainstay of treatment for patients requiring surgery however surgeons are more and more tempted to use laparoscopy in emergency setting.The increased use of minimally invasive surgery resulted in less morbidty and faster recovery after the surgical treatment of many diseases.Large scale randomized controlled trials are needed before this can be used as a standard of care.
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