title: [Painless esophagoscopy in extraction of foreign bodies in the esophagus].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effects of intravenous anesthesia in painless esophagoscopy for extraction of foreign bodies in the esophagus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-two patients underwent painless esophagoscopy, and extracted the foreign bodies in the esophagus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-two cases had their foreign bodies extracted smoothly and no serious complication occurred,the other 10 cases were mucosal injuries of esophagus with no obvious foreign body.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intravenous sedation with propofol in extraction of foreign bodies in the esophagus can relieve the suffering and adverse reactions, and it is safe, quick, comfortable and effective for extraction of foreign bodies in the esophagus and is worthy to be applied in the clinic.
authors.forename: Wentao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Jiaxiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Peixia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous / Q000379:methods*; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015742:Propofol
chemical_list: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D015742:Propofol