Author/Editor		Skok, Pavel
Title		Tujki v zgornji prebavni cevi - vloga nujne endoskopske preiskave
Translated title		Foreign bodies in upper gastrointestinal tract - the role of urgent endoscopy
Type		članek
Source		In: Križman I, editor. Interna medicina 2006: novosti in aktualnosti. Zbornik predavanj strokovnega sestanka Združenja internistov SZD, 2006 sep 29-30; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Združenje internistov SZD,
Publication year		2006
Volume		str. 187-92
Language		slo
Abstract		Background. Foreign bodies in the upper digestive tube are rarely the cause of an urgent condition in gastroenterology. Aim. To assess the percentage of patients in which urgent endoscopy revealed true foreign bodies in the upper digestive tube, to evaluate the success of endoscopic procedures and the resolution of eventual complications. Subjects and methods. The study includes patients in which urgent endoscopic investigations of the upper digestive tract were performed in the period 1 January 1994 - 31 December 2003. Results. Altogether 6416 patients were investigated, 2452 females and 3964 males, mean age 59.3 years, SD±17.2 years, range 1-106 years. In 51 patients, 0.8% of all subjects, foreign bodies were detected in the esophagus or stomach. In these patients a total of 65 endoscopic investigations were performed, in 94 % (48/51 patients), the foreign bodies were removed endoscopically in three cases the endoscopic procedures were not successful. In 3 patients (3/48, 6.3%) only mild hemorrhages from the region of the esophagogastric junction were observed. Conclusions. The technological development of endoscopic instruments made it possible to carry out different therapeutic procedures. The method has proved successful in removing foreign bodies from the upper digestive tube.
Descriptors		ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODIES STOMACH ENDOSCOPY EMERGENCIES