Conduct to be followed in case of ingestion of foreing bodies: our experience

The case material, consisting of 18 patients who had ingested alíen bodies, is from the Penitentiary Hospitalof Montevideo. Of these patients, only two· had to be laparotomized since the alilé'n bo,;iy had becom<¡i stuck;in the remainder of cases it was spontaneously expelled within a pe...

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Authors: Laviña Risso, Raúl, Maglione, Hugo, Domínguez, Carlos, Badano, José L, Valenzuela, Alvaro, Albo, Manuel
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1980
Country:Uruguay
Institution:Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay
Repository:Revista Cirugía del Uruguay
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.revista.scu.org.uy:article/3074
Online Access:https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/3074
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:cuerpo extraño
cirugía
foreign body
surgery
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Summary:The case material, consisting of 18 patients who had ingested alíen bodies, is from the Penitentiary Hospitalof Montevideo. Of these patients, only two· had to be laparotomized since the alilé'n bo,;iy had becom<¡i stuck;in the remainder of cases it was spontaneously expelled within a period which ranged between one and 26 days.The authors favour an expectant medica! treatment, assoeiated with clinical and ra,;iiologic control.