Survey the time and methods for removal of esophagus foreign body

Abstract

Esophageal foregin body is a common emergency both in children and adults that happens following (in)volunteerly swallowing of an object that needs immediate diagnostic-therapeutic interventions. Because of different therapeutic approaches and as the time period between foreign body impaction and its removal is crucial, the present study aimed to evaluate the time and method of foregin body removal. Methods & Materials: In a cross-sectional, descriptive, retrospective survey, the medical documents of all the patients with esophageal foreign body that had been undergone therapeutic intervention in Imam Reza educational hospital between March 2015 to February 2016 were studied. Data were gathered according to patients’ medical records, using a checklist. Data was summarized and analyzed based on descriptive statistical methods. SPSS, version 16, was utilized for analysis. Results: During this study, 28 patients( 15 females) were studied. Mean age was 56.04±17.27 years, median and mode was 59 years. The youngest patient was a 24 year-old young lady and the eldest patient was a 93 year-old man. The age distribution was not significantly different between two genders. “Bone-in-Throat” was the most common compliant and “dysphagia” was the most common clinical symptom. Most patients were referred in midnight and majority of them were treated the next morning, as 20 patients were treated for their esophageal foreign body in the first 24 hours.