Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Foreign body (FB) ingestion is one of the most common cause of the emergency admission in childhood. In our hospital FB's of upper esophagus are removed with Magill forceps and the others with rigid esophagoscopy. The aim of this study is to present our patients treated with a diagnosis of esophagial foreign body in Muş Government Hospital for 2 years period.

METHODS

Patients diagnosed with esophageal foreign bodies who were admitted to Muş Government Hospital Pediatric Surgery Clinic between November 2013 and December 2015 were evaluated retrospectively. In our study 19 children with a diagnosis of esophageal foreign body were reviwed according to age,gender,clinical symptoms,radiological findings,localization in esophagus,and the type of foreign body.

RESULTS

There were 10 male and 9 female patients.The youngest was 1,5 and the oldest was 15 y.o. The most common location (52.5 %) of FB detected in esophagus was the first narrowing. We used Magill forceps for removing FB in 52.5 % of patients and rigid esophagoscope in 38.9%. The most common symptom was refusing of feeding and dysphagie.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

A detailed history is essential for foreign body ingestion. Pointed and sharp objects usually requires emergency intervention. Foreign bodies located in the upper part of esophagus can be removed easily by Magill forceps but rigid esophagoscopy remains a golden standard of removing objects

from the esophagus of pediatric patients.