Present-day fiber endoscopy in the diagnosis and therapeutic tactics in foreign bodies of the upper digestive tract
Korolev, M.P.; Antipova, M.V.; Fedotov, L.E.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 158(5): 12-15
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 10645571 Document Number: 507995
Characterization of foreign bodies and their localization in the digestive tract in 404 patients is given. Surgical methods of treatment of such patients are described. Endoscopy was used for examination and treatment. The adequate anesthesia is thought by the authors to be necessary for a successful endoscopic removal of the foreign bodies. The indications for general anesthesia are enumerated. The endoscopic removal of the foreign bodies during surgical interventions are indicated in patients with the perforation of the esophagus by a foreign body.