[Is the rigid hypopharyngo-esophagoscopy for suspected foreign body impaction still up to date?].
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The increasing use of flexible esophagoscopes leads to controversies regarding the current status of rigid hypopharyngo-esophagoscopy in case of suspected foreign body impaction.In a retrospective investigation we analyzed 309 open tube hypopharyngo-esophagoscopies performed for suspected foreign body impaction.In 108 patients (35.0 %) a foreign body was detected endoscopically. 69 Patients (22.3 %) had other pathologic findings within the upper digestive tract. 72 % of the foreign bodies and 83 % of the pathologic findings were localized within the hypopharynx or the cervical esophagus.The superior diagnostic and therapeutic properties of the classical rigid endoscopy in this area underlines its still actual status in patients with suspected foreign body impaction.
- University Hospital Münster Germany
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Adolescent, Age Factors, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Oropharynx, Middle Aged, Foreign Bodies, Diagnosis, Differential, Hypopharynx, Esophagus, Child, Preschool, Humans, Female, Esophagoscopy, Child, Aged, Retrospective Studies
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Adolescent, Age Factors, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Oropharynx, Middle Aged, Foreign Bodies, Diagnosis, Differential, Hypopharynx, Esophagus, Child, Preschool, Humans, Female, Esophagoscopy, Child, Aged, Retrospective Studies
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