Abstract
In 90% of 213 patients, foreign bodies impacted in the oesophagus were removed during oesophago-scopy. Surgical intervention was necessary in the remainder. The complications recorded in 18 patients (8.5%) included bleeding, retropharyngeal abscess, paraoesophageal abscess, stricture, and mediastinitis. The mortality rate was 0.94%.
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