title: [Foreign bodies of the esophagus and upper gastrointestinal tract in childhood].
abstract: In a retrospective study we evaluated 49 endoscopies performed under suspicion of a foreign body in the oesophagus or upper gastrointestinal tract. In 27 cases a foreign body was easily removed. One child had to undergo a cervical oesophagotomy as a result of a chronically incarcerated foreign body. Because of the very low complication rate of endoscopy and a much higher risk of complications due to unknown foreign bodies, early endoscopic diagnosis is recommended even if the foreign body is only suspected.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für HNO-Krankheiten, Kopf-, Hals- und Plastische Gesichtschirurgie, Städtisches Klinikum Fulda.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaspersen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Draf
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004064:Digestive System; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013908:Thoracotomy
vernacular_title: Fremdkörper der Speiseröhre und des oberen Gastrointestinaltraktes im Kindesalter.