Author/Editor     Skok, Pavel; Ocepek, Andreja
Title     Tujki v zgornji prebavni cevi - nujna stanja v gastroenterologiji
Translated title     Foreign bodies in upper gastrointestinal tract - urgent conditions in gastroenterology
Type     članek
Source     In: Bručan A, Gričar M, Vajd R, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja. Zbornik 11. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 2004 jun 9-12; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino,
Publication year     2004
Volume     str. 187-91
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 endoscopic investigation revealed 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 a 10-year period (1 January 1994 - 31 December 2003). Results. Altogether 6416 patients were investigated, mean age 59.3 years, SD±17.2 years, range 1106 years, 2452 females and 3964 males. 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% the foreign bodies were removed endoscopically (48/51 patients), in three cases the endoscopic procedures were not successful. In the patients with successful endoscopic removal of the objects, no significant complications were noted. 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     FOREIGN BODIES
ESOPHAGUS
STOMACH
EMERGENCIES
ESOPHAGOSCOPY
GASTROSCOPY