title: Retrieval of foreign body from upper GI tract by flexible fibreoptic endoscope--an experience.
abstract: Forty foreign bodies (29 located in oesophagus and 11 located in the stomach) were removed by means of a flexible fibreoptic endoscope over a period of two years. The foreign bodies consisted of coins, a pin, a needle, a big button, a key ring, a fish bone, a denture, some fruit seeds, a meat bolus, a lock, a golden chain, a diamond nose ring, an ear top and a nasal catheter. Age of the patients ranged from four months to eighty years. Anaesthesia was required in 5 paediatric patients. Thus this method was found to be a safe, rewarding and non-operative one.
authors.affiliation: GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, U.P.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Mangal
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mangal
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Pandey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013270:Stomach