A Statistical Review of Patients with Airway and Esophageal Foreign Bodies
1987 Volume 1987 Issue Supplement09 Pages 59-65
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1987 Volume 1987 Issue Supplement09 Pages 59-65
Between 1975 and 1984,47 patients (males: females =26: 21) were hospitalized for the treatment of airway and esophageal foreign bodies.
Foreign bodies were found in the airway of 17 (m ales: females = -10: 7) patients and in the esophagus of 30 (males: females =15: 15) patients.
Thirteen of the patients with airway foreign bodie s, were one-year-old babies, and the oldest patient was a six-year-old male.
In eight of the 17 cases (47%), peanu t s were found. Radiopaque foreign bodies were found in 16 cases (94%). The obstruction was found in the right bronchi in 12of the 17 patients (71%), in the left bronchi in 3 and in the larynx in 1.
Among the patients with esophageal foreign bodies, coins were found in ten children 33% under 10 years of age, and dental prosthesis were found in seven adults (23%). The obstruction was found at the first constriction in 21 patients (70%), seven cases at the second constriction in 7 (23%), and at the third constriction and stomach in one patient each. The findings indicate the importance of preventing airway foreign bodies in the infants.
