common sites of impaction
Last reviewed 10/2023
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