Foreign Bodies from the Upper Digestive Tract at University Hospital Center Gabriel Touré: the Contribution of Digestive Endoscopy

Foreign bodies ingestion is regularly observed in gastroenterology context. The evolution is favorable with early extraction. Our main objective was to evaluate foreign bodies managed in digestive endoscopic center of University hospital center Gabriel Toure. The study was retrospective from January 2007 to October 2017 in the endoscopic center of the service of gastroenterology of University hospital center Gabriel Toure and concerned the patients who have been addressed at this center for foreign bodies. We collated 44 patients who ingested foreign bodies among 2750 digestive endoscopies, that is to say, a frequency of 0.16%. In patient’s history, we found caustic obstruction in 2.3% of patients. The foreign body ingestion was accidental in 97.7% of cases. Pieces of money were more frequent (54.4%). In 86.4%, the foreign bodies were into the esophagus. Upper digestive endoscopy performed foreign bodies extraction in 88.6 of cases. In 9.1%, the elimination was spontaneous on 72 hours. Surgeon was indicated in 2.3% of patients. The evolution was favorable in 97.7% of patients. One patient died by digestive bleeding. Conclusion: Foreign bodies ingestion is frequent in children. The upper digestive endoscopy can do the diagnosis and the management.