Common sites of impaction
The common sites of impaction of ingested foreign bodies are:
- oesophagus:
- at the level of the cricopharyngeus
- at the level of the aortic arch
- at the lower oesophageal sphincter
- pylorus of the stomach
- C-bend of the duodenum
- ileocaecal valve
- colon:
- hepatic flexure
- splenic flexure
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