TITLE:
Foreign Bodies from the Upper Digestive Tract at University Hospital Center Gabriel Touré: The Contribution of Digestive Endoscopy
AUTHORS:
Sow Houroumaépouse Coulibaly, Doumbia Kadiatouépouse Samaké, Dicko Moussa Younoussou, Tounkara Makan Siré, Sanaogo Déborahépouse Sidibé, Konaté Anselme, Diarra Moussa Tiemoko, Maïga Moussa Youssoufa
KEYWORDS:
Foreign Bodies, Upper Digestive Tractus, Endoscopy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Gastroenterology,
Vol.11 No.7,
July
29,
2021
ABSTRACT: Foreign bodies ingestion is regularly observed in gastroenterology
context. The evolution is favorable with early extraction. Our main objective
was to evaluate foreign bodies managed in digestive endoscopic center of
University hospital center Gabriel Touré. The study was retrospective from
January 2007 to October 2017 in the endoscopic center of the service of
gastroenterology of University hospital center Gabriel Touré and concerned the
patients who have been addressed at this center for foreign bodies. We collated
44 patients who ingested foreign bodies among 2750 digestive endoscopies, that is to say, a frequency of 0.16%. In
patient’s history, we found caustic obstruction in 2.3% of patients. The
foreign body ingestion was accidental in 97.7% of cases. Pieces of money were
more frequent (54.4%). In 86.4%, the foreign bodies were into the esophagus.
Upper digestive endoscopy performed foreign bodies extraction in 88.6 of cases.
In 9.1%, the elimination was spontaneous on 72 hours. Surgeon was indicated in 2.3%
of patients. The evolution was favorable in 97.7% of patients. One patient died
by digestive bleeding. Conclusion: Foreign bodies ingestion is frequent in
children. The upper digestive endoscopy can do the diagnosis and the
management.