title: [Early management of foreign bodies in the upper digestive tract with flexible fiberendoscopy].
abstract: We present our five year experience (1983-1988) in 74 patients who intentionally or accidentally ingested foreign bodies, and their management with flexible fibroendoscopy. A higher incidence was observed in children under 6 years of age, and adults between 30 and 50 years of age. The major presenting symptom was the "sentation of foreign body", and 24% of patients presented no symptomatology. The most commonly encountered foreign bodies were: fishbone, coins, chicken bones, and meat fragments. An esophageal location was the most commonly found, predominantly in the proximal third. Flexible endoscopy performed in 59 patients (80%), successfully removing the foreign body in 93.2%. In the remaining cases it was demonstrated previously that the foreign body could not be reached by the endoscope.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Achiques
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tovar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rivas Gómez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Manejo precoz de los cuerpos extraños en el tracto digestivo superior con fibroendoscopia flexible.