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- Title
Üst gastrointestinal sistem yabancı cisimleri olan çocuklarda fleksibl endoskopik işlem.
- Authors
Demirören, Kaan; Dülger, Ahmet Cumhur; Ölmez, Şehmus; Avci, Veli; Bilici, Salim; Melek, Mehmet; Pulat, Halit
- Abstract
Objective: Foreign body ingestion is an important public health problem. We pointed to this subject and aimed to determine the effectiveness of flexible endoscopic procedure in this study. Methods: We evaluated retrospectively fifty children having foreign body in their upper gastrointestinal system, who underwent flexible endoscopic procedure. Results: Of the patients, mean age was 5.5 ± 4 years old (range: 0.5-16 years), 64% was female. Ingested foreign bodies were coin (58%), pin (10%), battery (6%), nail (6%), necklace (6%), safety pin (4%) and sewing pin, wire hairclip, ring, button and chicken skin. In endoscopic procedure, foreign bodies were seen in upper esophagus (32%), middle esophagus (26%), lower esophagus (8%), stomach (18%), bulbus (4%) and second part of duodenum (8%), but were not seen in 4% of the cases. While 94% of foreign bodies were endoscopically removed, 6% of them were pushed to stomach with gastroscope from esophagus and left for spontaneous passage. Any important complication was developed. Conclusion: Flexible endoscopic procedure is an effective and safe method for removal of gastrointestinal system foreign bodies in children.
- Publication
Dicle Medical Journal / Dicle Tip Dergisi, 2014, Vol 41, Issue 1, p205
- ISSN
1300-2945
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2014.01.0400