title: [Current prognosis for foreign bodies in the respiratory and digestive tracts? Report of 840 cases collected over a 5-year period (1969-1974)].
abstract: This is a resume of a survey involving 240 foreign bodies in the air passages and digestive tract over a period of five years. Those in the oesophagus were all except one removed by means of endoscopy and among the complications there were 22 strictures of the oesophagus and 8 abscesses, one of them fatal. All the foreign bodies in the air passages were removed by means of bronchoscopy without any accidents or complications. Endoscopy is therefore the main method while surgery remains the exception. New endoscopic techniques combined with antibiotics and electrolytic check-ups so essential in cases of tracheotomy, make present-day prognosis in cases of foreign body excellent.
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012137:Respiratory System
vernacular_title: Pronostic actuel des corps étrangers des voies aériennes et digestives? Rapport sur 840 observations recueillies en 5 ans (1969-1974)