Oesophageal Foreign Bodies in Paholpolpayuhasena Hospital

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  • Somphong Sirira Department of Otolaryngology Paholpolpayuhasena Hospital, Kanchanaburi

Abstract

Thirty four patients were admitted to Paholpolpayuhasena Hospital between October 1986 and September 1991, of having foreign bodies lodged in the oesophagus. The patients’ age ranged from 1 to 70 years old. The foreign bodies were chicken or duck bones in 12, fish bones in 12, coins in 4, and others in 6 patients. Of those 34, 31 were successfully treated by rigid oesophagoscopy removal, cervical oesophagotomy was necessary in 2 and per oral pharyngotomy in 1 patient. There was one retrophaiyngeal abscess as a result of a retained fish bone.

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2018-08-25

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Sirira S. Oesophageal Foreign Bodies in Paholpolpayuhasena Hospital. Reg 4-5 Med J [internet]. 2018 Aug. 25 [cited 2026 Jan. 1];11(2):137-41. available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/reg45/article/view/142212

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