Abstract
1) 59 cases of foreign bodies treated in the author's clinic in 1954 are classified by location, and particularly interesting cases are discussed in detail.
2) As a special feature of the university clinic, esophageal and bronchial foreign bodies were more than otorhinolaryngeal foreign bodies.
3) Esophageal foreign bodies were most frequently found in the first narrowing, and they were extracted mostly by Robert's forceps. There was only one case of complication of periesophageal abscess, that resulted in death.
4) Five foreign bodies in the bronchi were extracted under the upper bronchoscopy, in two cases of which tracheotomy was necessary afterwards. It is felt that in this the constitution of the patient is more concerned than the technique and the duration of the operation.
5) Foreign bodies in the paranasal sinuses is rare, but special attention should be paid to the postoperative foreign bodies in the maxillary sinus.
