Abstract

ARTIS, MT; VERA, M; ROJAS, P  and  SOUQUET, M. Ingestión de 208 cuerpos extraños en niños: Enero 2004 - abril 2009. Gen [online]. 2011, vol.65, n.2, pp.123-128. ISSN 0016-3503.

Introduction: Intake of foreign bodies represents the second cause endoscopic emergency in children. Objectives: Evaluate our experience with children in foreign body intake: sex, age, type, conduct and complications. Patients and methods: A retrospective longitudinal study in 208 children hospitalized for this etiology since January 2004 until April 2009 at Dr. "Luis Razetti", Barcelona University Hospital. All underwent cervical, thoracic and abdominal radiographs. Results: prevailed: male (55.77%), and pre-school (70.67%). Objects frequently found were: currency (164/208), earring (6/208), hairclip, clock battery, seed 4/208 in each. With concerning the procedures: 1. Endoscopy: (177/208), of these 166 were found in the esophagus (93.37% in 1/3 superior), 130 extracted the object with clamp, 40 were displaced to the stomach and 5 were not found. Mucosal injury was found to 43 and in 3/177 esophageal stenosis, two requierd surgery. 2. Laringoscopy: (4/208) and 3. Bronchroscopy (2/208): a safety pin in the right bronchus and a seed in left bronchus. 4. Natural expulsion by feces (25/208). Conclusion: foreign body intake is among the primary causes of accidents in children, deserves a diagnosis and precocious intervention.

Keywords : Foreign body; Ingestion; Child.