Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract in Yaoundé(Cameroon)

• 作者: Akhenaton Ngock Dime Antonin Wilson Ndjitoyap Ndam Bougha Georges Elie Claude Ndjitoyap Ndam Firmin Ankouane Andoulo Isabelle Dang Timba Michèle Tagni-Sartre Paul Talla Pierre Mathurin Kowo Servais Albert Fiacre Bagnaka Eloumou Tangie Ngek Larry
• 来源期刊: 肠胃病学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: Endoscopic Management Foreign Bodies Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Yaoundé
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（10）
• 页码范围: 247-255
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Background/Aims:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common clinical situation. In some cases, it could be life</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">threatening, requiring interventional digestive endoscopy. Knowing the main FBs observed could help to prevent </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">their ingestion or to improve management. The aim of this study is to report the results of upper digestive endoscopies performed for ingestion of FBs in Yaoundé (Cameroon). </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> We recorded all patients who did a gastroscopy </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">f</span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">or FB ingestion from January 2000 to April 2020 in three medical centers of Yaoundé. We collected data concerning the socio-demographic characteristics of patients, foreign body type, endoscopic management and outcome. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A total of 9380 upper digestive endoscopies were performed, with 51 FBs ingestion (0.54%). Male were 27 (52.9%). The mean age was 25.8 ± 22.3 years (8 months to 75 years). Coins were the most frequent FB (23.5%), only observed in children, followed by fishbones (17.6%), only observed in adults. We also observed dental wears (11.8%), metallic objects (11.8%), non-metallic objects (3.9%), batteries (3.9%), toothpick (2%), packet of tablets (2%), and bezoars (2%). The FB was unknown </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">at</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 21.6%. The most frequent localization was the esophagus in 29/36 patients (80.5%). Endoscopic removal was a success in 35/36 patients (97.2%). A surgery has been performed </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">on</span><span style="font-family:""><span