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  • Title: [Is the rigid hypopharyngo-esophagoscopy for suspected foreign body impaction still up to date?].
    Author: Alberty J, Müller C, Stoll W.
    Journal: Laryngorhinootologie; 2001 Nov; 80(11):682-6. PubMed ID: 11702285.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The increasing use of flexible esophagoscopes leads to controversies regarding the current status of rigid hypopharyngo-esophagoscopy in case of suspected foreign body impaction. METHODS: In a retrospective investigation we analyzed 309 open tube hypopharyngo-esophagoscopies performed for suspected foreign body impaction. RESULTS: In 108 patients (35.0 %) a foreign body was detected endoscopically. 69 Patients (22.3 %) had other pathologic findings within the upper digestive tract. 72 % of the foreign bodies and 83 % of the pathologic findings were localized within the hypopharynx or the cervical esophagus. CONCLUSIONS: The superior diagnostic and therapeutic properties of the classical rigid endoscopy in this area underlines its still actual status in patients with suspected foreign body impaction.
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