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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES |
Esophageal Foreign Bodies; Analysis Of 97 Patients
Melih KAPTANOĞLU*, Ersin ERBAŞ**, Aydın NADİR***, İlhan GÜNAY****, Kasım DOĞAN****
* Yrd.Doç.Dr., Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Göğüs Cerrahisi AD,
** Asist.Dr., Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Göğüs Cerrahisi AD,
*** Uz.Dr., Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Göğüs Cerrahisi AD,
**** Prof.Dr., Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Göğüs Cerrahisi AD, SİVAS
Objective: Foreign body (FB) impaction in the upper digestive tract is a common, everyday problem in both children and adults. The aim of the study is to analyse the patients who had esophageal foreign bodies.
Institution: Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sivas.
Patients and Methods: In this study, we retrospectively reviewed 97 patients, suspected or having foreign bodies in the esophagus during the years 1994- 2000.
Results: More than half (54%) of the patients were male and 60% of them were under the age 10. The mean admittance time was 9.4 hours. The most common radiographic finding and foreign body were radioopaque foreign body and metallic coin respectively. Most of the foreign bodies were lodged in the upper third of the esophagus. Fiftytwo direct laryngoscopies and 47 rigid esophagoscopies were performed in 97 patients. Foreign bodies were removed either with direct laryngoscopies (n=51) or by rigid esophagoscopies (n=27). In nine patients FBs were pushed into stomach and in two patients FBs were found in stomach. Foreign body could not be detected in 8 patients. We had no mortality but morbidity occurred in one patient.
Conclusion: Esophagial FBs can removed safely by esophagoscopies. Delayed recognition and overlooked FBs may result in serious complications which raise mortality. Prompt diagnosis of the FBs should be established immediately despite negative esophagoscopy rate.Keywords: Esophagus, foreign body, esophagoscopyTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci 2001, 21:479-482
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