Talat Mahmood, Muhammad Ajmal.
Esophageal foreign bodies. A clinical study of 240 patients.
Professional Med J Jan ;3(4):283-7.

An analysis of 240 clinical patients of esophageal foreign bodies was carried out. Majority of patients (57.40%) were children up to 10 years of age. Coins, Bone pieces, meat bolus, dentures and glass balls were the commonest foreign bodies, present in 84.66% of the cases. Upper 1/3 of the esophagus (crico-pharyngeus) was the commonest site (84%) of impaction of foreign bodies. "Mouthing" inedibles was the commonest (68.33%) predisposing factor associated with accident of ingestion. Rigid endoscopic extraction of foreign bodies under general anesthesia was found quite safe and effective procedure in dealing with all sort of foreign bodies. In this series only 2 cases required open surgery. All patients had uneventful recovery after the procedure.

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