Abstract
Ingestion of foreign bodies of all imaginable types is common in children. The majority of ingested foreign bodies will pass spontaneously. Aim of this study is to retrospectively analyze the incidence of emergency endoscopies performed for accidental ingestion of foreign bodies in children in the last 10 years in our Endoscopy Unit. On a total of 615 endoscopies performed in children less than 14 years old during may 2003 to may 2013, 260 emergent/urgent were retrospectively analyzed. 120 patients (58 M and 62 F, mean age±SD 6±5 yr, median 2 yr) underwent an emergent/urgent endoscopy for a foreign body ingestion suspicion/diagnosis.
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