title: [Foreign bodies of the esophagus in the adult: report of 26 cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The foreign bodies of the oesophagus see each other at any age. They are more frequent at the child's than at the adult. The cutting foreign bodies can constitute an urgency because of the risk of oesophagienne perforing or bleeding.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Bring report the epidemiological and clinical profile of the foreign bodies of the oesophagus in our practice, and underline the difficulties of coverage(care) at the adult.
  
  
  METHODS
  A forward-looking study was realized of April, 2007 in Mars 2009 in the service ENT of the University hospital (CHU) Gabriel TOURE of Bamako concerning 26 grown-up patients presenting a foreign body of the oesophagus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both sexes are affected in a equivalent way. The average age was of 32 years with extremes of 15 years and 65 years. The patients from 31 to 45 years old were the most touched. The false tooth was the foreign body most frequently met (58 %). Three patients presented complications has type of oesophagienne perforing (2) and of oeso-trachéale fistula (1) the outcome of which was fatal afterward. The oesophagoscopie in the stiff tube under general anesthesia allowed to extract 92 % of the foreign bodies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The foreign body of the oesophagus is a pathology so frequent at the adult and the diagnosis is mostly evident. Among the foreign bodies, false teeth raised problems of therapeutic coverage. The prevention passes by the regular medical supervision of false teeth, the training formation of the staff, the improvement of the technical trayp, and a good education of the patient.
authors: Service d’ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, CHU Gabriel TOURE, Bamako, Mali.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Doumbia-Singare
authors: Sk
authors: S
authors: Timbo
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Keita
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Togola-Konipo
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Guindo
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Soumaoro
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Ag Mohamed
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult