Review of oesophageal foreign bodies in Harare Central Hospital
Ali, A.
East African medical journal 76(6): 355-357
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-835X PMID: 10750527 Document Number: 505879
To review our experience in the management of patients with oesophageal foreign bodies. Retrospective analysis. Harare Central Hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe. Sixty eight patients who presented with foreign body ingestion from October 1990 to December 1991. All but two patients underwent rigid oesophagoscopic examination. Sixty five of the cases with foreign bodies in the oesophagus had their foreign bodies retrieved by rigid oesophagoscopic procedure. A high index of suspicion will help in early diagnosis especially in children who present with recent and inexplicable onset of respiratory symptoms.