title: [Foreign bodies in digestive tract of pediatric patients].
abstract: 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%.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endoscopia, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, México, D.F.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cuevas Schacht
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pérez-Fernández
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ortega Salgado
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Cuerpos extraños en vías digestivas en el paciente pediátrico.