A review of the current management of impacted foreign bodies in the oesophagus in adults

• Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology Vol. 265; no. 8; pp. 951 - 956
• Main Authors: Balasubramaniam, Senthil K., Bray, Dominic, Black, Myles I., Salama, N. Y., Mitchell, David B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.08.2008; Springer
• Subjects: Adult; Algorithms; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology; Esophagoscopy; Esophagus; Foreign Bodies - diagnosis; Foreign Bodies - therapy; Gastroenterology; Head and Neck; Head and Neck Surgery; Humans; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology; Otorhinolaryngology; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; State Medicine; Surveys and Questionnaires; United Kingdom; Oesophagus; Flexible endoscopy; Foreign body obstruction; Rigid oesophagoscopy; Human; ENT; Review; Obstruction; Esophagus; Flexible; Treatment; Adult; Foreign body; Endoscopy; Bibliographic review
• ISSN: 0937-4477; 1434-4726
• DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0575-7

Patients with acute oesophageal obstruction, either due to a foreign body or food bolus, present to any of the specialties of Otorhinolaryngology, General Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery or Gastroenterology. To review current routine management of this condition, we conducted a postal survey of all the consultants in the aforementioned specialties in the South Thames region. The aims of the survey were to assess current practice and to produce a standardized management plan for these patients.