Thursday 1 September 2016

FOREIGN BODY INGESTION

Foreign body Ingestion: General

  • At least 80% of foreign object ingestions will pass on their own
  • Surgical intervention is needed ~12% of the time
  • Vast majority of cases are pediatric, and most between ages of 6 m – 6 y
  • Trouble happens most often at GI angles or narrowing
  • Previous surgery and congenital malformations = greater risk

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