[Foreign bodies in digestive tract of pediatric patients].
We present our experience in the endoscopic management of 421 children with upper gastrointestinal foreign bodies. Only in the 1% of the cases (5 patients) we had complications who needs surgical intervention. We found a 1.5:1 ratio in male/female and the highest prevalence in the 2 to 5 years group. Most common foreign bodies were coins and small metallic objects (59%) followed by small plastic by objects (35%) and seeds, fish bones and meat in 6%, meat in 6%.
Cuevas Schacht
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Servicio de Endoscopia, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, México, D.F.
Pérez-Fernández
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Ortega Salgado
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004064:Digestive System; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
Cuerpos extraños en vías digestivas en el paciente pediátrico.