title: Foreign body in upper digestive tract.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Foreign body ingestion is a common clinical problem, encountered in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total number of 104 patients with ingested foreign body admitted in our hospital are reviewed. Endoscopic removal was done for all foreign objects impacted in esophagus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 84.6% cases, history of having swallowed the foreign body was most common symptom. Majority of patients (61.53%) presented within 24 hours after ingestion of foreign body. Coins were the most frequent offending agents in children (87.5%). Seventy six cases of coins were impacted in the postcricoid region. Complications of retropharyngeal abscess was seen in two cases (1.92%), which was associated with sharp foreign body.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early removal of these sharp foreign bodies must be considered to reduce the risk of this complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of E.N.T., Bapuji Hospital J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shivakumar
authors.forename: Ashok S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Prashanth
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Yogesh
authors.forename: Girish F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Hongal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male