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FOREIGN BODIES IN GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT IN CHILDREN: OUR EXPERIENCE WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Ajit Sewkani, Ashutosh Darbari, Roshan Chanchlani, Abhishek Sharma

Abstract


Aims and Objectives: The aim was to determine numerous causes of foreign body ingestion at a tertiary care centre of Central India.

Background: Most commonly the foreign body ingestions happen in children between the ages of five months and four years of age. 10 to 15 percent will require endoscopic removal, and less than 1 percent requires surgical intervention. Coins are the most common foreign bodies ingested by children.

Material and Methods: It was a retrospective analysis of 5000 endoscopic procedures done in six years i.e. 2011-17 at tertiary care centers of central India.

Result: Out of five thousand endoscopies performed in six years, 25 patients were confirmed to have foreign bodies. The most common etiology was found to be coins, followed by buttonbatteries. All foreign bodies were successfully removed and there was no mortality or morbidity.

Conclusion: Endoscopy is safe modality to treat foreign body in children.

Keywords


Buttonbattery, Endoscopy, Foreign body, Gastrointestinal tract, Foreign body ingestion, Coin as foreign body.

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