title: A review of the current management of impacted foreign bodies in the oesophagus in adults.
abstract: Patients with acute oesophageal obstruction, either due to a foreign body or food bolus, present to any of the specialties of Otorhinolaryngology, General Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery or Gastroenterology. To review current routine management of this condition, we conducted a postal survey of all the consultants in the aforementioned specialties in the South Thames region. The aims of the survey were to assess current practice and to produce a standardized management plan for these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Ashford, Kent, UK. itsmesenthil@gmail.com
authors.forename: Senthil K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Balasubramaniam
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bray
authors.forename: Myles I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Salama
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D002309:Cardiology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005762:Gastroenterology; D006801:Humans; D010036:Otolaryngology; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013222:State Medicine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom