How reliable and safe is full-body low-dose radiography (LODOX Statscan) in detecting foreign bodies ingested by adults?

Georgios Mantokoudis; Simone Hegner; Patrick Dubach; Harald Marcel Bonel; Pascal Senn; Marco Domenico Caversaccio; Aristomenis K Exadaktylos

doi:10.1136/emermed-2011-200911

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How reliable and safe is full-body low-dose radiography (LODOX Statscan) in detecting foreign bodies ingested by adults?

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Georgios Mantokoudis University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Simone Hegner University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Patrick Dubach University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Harald Marcel Bonel University Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pascal Senn University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marco Domenico Caversaccio University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aristomenis K Exadaktylos University Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Aristomenis K Exadaktylos, University Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; aristomenis{at}exadaktylos.ch

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Mantokoudis G, Hegner S, Dubach P, et al

How reliable and safe is full-body low-dose radiography (LODOX Statscan) in detecting foreign bodies ingested by adults?

Emergency Medicine Journal 2013;30:559-564.

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Accepted June 27, 2012
First published July 25, 2012.

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