INTRODUCTION

The management of the traumatic perforation of the esophagus constitutes challenging situation, since that is unusual condition; the diagnosis is hindered by the nonspecific or discrete symptomatology and the treatment standardization is also hindered by the variety of the causes and its consequences^3,4,6,10

INTRODUCTION

Foreign body ingestion is an important problem in adult with psychological disorders. In literature ingestion such as fish bone, fork and several metallic elements were reported. The first attempt, after diagnosis, is endoscopic removal¹. Surgical approach is necessary in it´s failure. In this paper is presented a successful endoscopic removal of a wristwatch which was ingested by a deaf patient.