a Record control number 000266291500006

a ISSN 0041-4301

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number WS 18.2

b Item number .F67 2009

a Personal name Aydogdu, Sema,

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title Foreign body ingestion in Turkish children

c Statement of responsibility, etc Sema Aydogdu, Cigdem Arikan, Murat Cakir, Masallah Baran, Hasan Ali Yuksekkaya, Ulas Eylem Saz, Mehmet Tayyip Arslan.

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Turkish Pediatrics,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2009.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Ankara

a Summary, etc Foreign body ingestion (FBI) is a common problem in the pediatric population. Even though morbidity and mortality due to foreign body ingestion are rare in childhood, they may cause serious anxiety in parents. We aimed to analyze the clinical presentation, etiology and management strategy of FBI in children in our country. Records of children admitting with a history of FBI over a three-year period were reviewed retrospectively. Data regarding gender, age, type of the ingested body, management strategy and outcome of the patients were recorded. Of 176 children, 98 (55.6%) were male. Mean age +/- SD of the patients was 3.75 +/- 4.25 years, and most of the patients were below four years of age (71.5%). Most of the children (64.7%) were seen within 48 hours, and most were asymptomatic. Blue beads attached to a safety pin (a cultural good luck charm) (38.6%), coins (27.8%) and turban pins (18.1%) were the most commonly observed foreign bodies. The blue beads/safety pin were found to be ingested primarily by infants, while ingestion of turban pins was mostly seen in adolescent girls who covered their heads. Localization of the foreign bodies was in the distal small intestine, stomach and esophagus in 61.4%, 23.8% and 14.7% of the cases, respectively. Sixty-nine endoscopic interventions were performed in 61 patients (34.6%), and these accounted for 7.3% of all endoscopic interventions during the three-year period. No major complication was observed during the procedure, and none of the patients underwent surgery. The frequently used accessory devices were retrieval net basket (57.9%), snare for pins (17.3%), tripod forceps and rat-tooth forceps. The blue beads/safety pin and turban pin were the commonly ingested foreign bodies in our center due to cultural factors. Education of the parents and of adolescent girls should greatly reduce the incidence of FBI. Endoscopic removal is safe without any major complications.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Pediatrics

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Children

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Foreign body ingestion

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element safety pin

g Relationship information MAR-APR, 2009, 51 2, p127-p132, 6p.

x International Standard Serial Number 00414301

t Title Turkish Journal Of Pediatrics