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Ingested foreign bodies – a contemporary management approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Michael Chi Fai Tong ,
John Kong Sang Woo ,
Cheuk Lun Sham  and
Charles Andrew Van Hasselt
Michael Chi Fai Tong
Affiliation:
Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
John Kong Sang Woo
Affiliation:
Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Cheuk Lun Sham
Affiliation:
Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Charles Andrew Van Hasselt*
Affiliation:
Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
*
Professor C. A. van Hasselt, Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Fax: (852) 26466312
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Abstract

A prospective study of all foreign body complaints presenting through our Accident and Emergency Department was conducted in a population where the condition is endemic. All patients were managed by otolaryngologists. Six hundred and eight patients were attended to yielding 179 foreign bodies. Making use of modern equipment and a practical approach, the requirement for examination under general anaesthesia was 6.3 per cent. In this series there was a complication rate of 0.5 per cent.

Keywords

Foreign bodies

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 10 , October 1995 , pp. 965 - 970
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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