During endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) procedure physician intubated scope into the gi tract.Once the scope was in the stomach doctor and staff noticed the ercp distal end scope cap had come loose and was in the stomach.Ercp scope removed and egd scope was intubated in the gi tract.Roth net was used to capture scope cap.Upon pulling the scope and the roth net out of the patient, scope cap was not found in the roth net.The tip slipped from the roth net in the oral cavity and could not be initially located in the oral cavity with gastroscope or palpation.Patient intubated and the tip was removed manually.
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