title: Foreign bodies of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
abstract: This is a retrospective review of our experience with fiberendoscopic management of 40 separate episodes of foreign body ingestion. Eighteen patients swallowed a food bolus which impacted in the esophagus. Seventy-eight percent of these patients had an esophageal stenosis. Sixteen patients were involved in 22 episodes of true foreign body ingestion. Fiberendoscopic management was successful in 92% of food impactions and 76% of true foreign bodies. In our experience, fiberendoscopic removal is a safe procedure with an 83% overall success rate. It is the method of choice in the management of esophageal and gastric foreign bodies.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D004947:Esophagus; D005502:Food; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013270:Stomach