A Statistical Study of Foreign Bodies in Food and Air Passage

손영규; 양희찬; 최정현; 신명수; 이선철

A Statistical Study of Foreign Bodies in Food and Air Passage

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Type: Proceeding

Author: 손영규 (한강성심병원) 양희찬 (한강성심병원) 최정현 (한강성심병원) 신명수 (한강성심병원) 이선철 (한강성심병원)

Journal: 대한기관식도과학회 대한기관식도과학회 학술대회 대한기관식도과학회 1982년도 제16차 학술대회연제순서 및 초록

Published: 1982.1

Pages: 62 - 63 (2page)

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A Statistical Study of Foreign Bodies in Food and Air Passage

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We have observed foreign bodies in food and air passage in 270 cases during the period from Sep. 1976 to Aug. 1981 in E.N.T. department of Han Gang Sacred Heart Hospital. The following results were obtained. 1) Distribution of location was 256 cases (94.8%) in food passage and 14 cases(5.2%) in air passage. 2) Age distribution was predominent in under 5 years old showing 198 cases(77.7%) in food passage and 10 cases (71.4%) in air passage. Under 5 years old group in the cases of food passage, coin was the most frequent material : 175 cases(87.9%), and in the cases of air passage, plastic material was the most frequent material : 5 cases(50.0%). Over 40 years old group in the cases of food passage, bony pieces was the most frequent material : 8 cases(47.1%), and meats was second frequent material: 6 cases. 3) Male seems to be more frequently involved than female in cases of food and air passage. Food passage - Male: Female - 151 : 105 (1.4:1) Air passage - Male : Female - 10:4 (2.5:1) 4) Coin was the most frequent foreign body in food Passage (199 cases-77.7%). Others were metals, bony pices, and meats. Plastic material was the most frequent foreign body in air passage (7 cases-50%). 5) In the locality of food passage, the first narrowing of the esophagus was the most frequent site, and air passage, the bronchus-especially right bronchus-was the most frequent site. 6) During of lodgement was 218 cases (85.2%) within 24 hours in food passage and 9 cases (64.3%) within 24 hours in air passage, and in air passage one case visited 5 months later after the accident.

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