| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Foreign body in esophagus is one of the most common
cases found by ENT experts.
Purpose: The purpose of the research is to obtain patient's profile of
foreign body in esophagus in the department of otorhinolaryngology -
head and neck surgery of Adam Malik General Hospital from the period of
2012 to 2016.
Material and Methods: This is a descriptive research by using medical
data at Adam Malik General Hospital.
Results: A total of 112 cases of foreign body in esophagus (62 men and
50 women) aged 8 months to 74 years, with a mean of 17,9 years and
median 7,5 years. The most common type of foreign body are inorganic as
many as 93 patients (83%). The location of most foreign body is in the
upper third of esophagus (91, 1 % ). The time interval starts from swallowed
until reached the nearest hospital is 6-24 hours at 63,4%. The most
common length of time since diagnosis is established until performing
surgery is >24 hours by 85, 7%. Found 6,2% cases with complications.
There was significant correlations between type and location foreign body
with age (P <0.005).
Conclusion: This research found out profile of foreign body in esophagus
and the significant relations between type and location of foreign body with
age. | en_US |
