Ciała obce przełyku Foreign bodies of the esophagus

Ciała obce przełyku
Foreign bodies of the esophagus
Daniel Majszyk, Antoni Bruzgielewicz, Ewa Osuch-Wójcikiewicz, Robert Bartoszewicz,
Kazimierz Niemczyk
ABSTRACT
The aim of the study is the epidemiological and clinical analysis of patients with
radiologically confirmed esophageal foreign body, hospitalized in the Department of
Otolaryngology, at the Medical University of Warsaw.
Material and methods: The analysis included 104 patients (42 women, 62 men).
Results: The patients age ranged from 13 to 93, the average age was 52.7. The vast majority
of patients was reported to the hospital within the first day of the occurrence of the symptoms
‒ 62% of the cases, 28% reported within two days, 3% on the third day and 7% of the cases
reported after 3 days. The most commonly reported complaints were dysphagia, painful
swallowing, salivation, nausea, and vomiting. In nearly half of all cases the foreign body
turned out to be a food item. The esophageal foreign bodies were most frequently encountered
in the upper esophageal sphincter area (34.6%, represented by 26 patients), and in the
esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm (29.4% represented by 22 patients). All patients were
subjected to rigid esophagoscopy under general anesthesia on the first day of hospitalisation.
Conclusions: Esophageal endoscopy remains the most common and safest way to treat the
impaction of a foreign body.
Hasła indeksowe: ciało obce, przełyk
Key words: Foreign body, Esphagus