[The emergency management of foreign bodies: our own experience in 46 cases].
Foreign bodies ingestion is a common cause of emergency endoscopic therapy. Usually ingestion is accidental for children and elderly patients, instead is voluntary in some others as psychopathic people or prisoners. The authors report their experience with 46 cases from January 1992 to December 1998: this technique is safe, with low rate of complications and hospitalization.
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Istituto di III Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
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D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004064:Digestive System; D004630:Emergencies; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant