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1 Departement of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60132, ID
Source
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, Vol 11, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 977-982
Abstract
Objective: To explore the profile of patients with aerodigestive tract of foreign bodies, who had performed bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy in 12 Otorhinolaryngology centers Method: A descriptive research with a retrospective approach. Data samples were obtained from the recapitulation of medical services in the Broncho-Esophagology Division at 12 centers of Otorhinolaryngology education throughout Indonesia. All the extraction was carried out in the operating room of the emergency room at each education center. Results: We obtained 487 cases of the laryngo-tracheo-bronchial foreign body, and 1499 of esophageal, then 1177 patients male and 809 female as subjects. The number of patients with aerodigestive foreign body was dominated by male n=1177 (59%) than female by n=809 (41%). The highest percentage of organic object was found in peanuts by n=84 (74%) and inorganic objects was needle n=180 (48%). The highest number of organic objects was meat n=271 (51%), and inorganic objects was coins n=481 (49%). Conclusion: There was no significant difference in sex in male and female. The highest foreign body in the feeding process was a coin, while in the airway flow was a needle. The types of unknown objects can be related to educational background, cultural culture, and diettary in every country.
Keywords
Aerodigestive, foreign body, bronchoscopy, esophagoscopy, academic hospital.
