Diagnóstico, manejo y actualización en cuerpo extraño aerodigestivo

Abstract

Foreign body in the aerial and digestive pathway is a challenging pathology for the ORL specialist. It results in about 3000 deaths per year in USA, with a persisting incidence in recent years. Children persist as the higher risk group. With the aim of reviewing the literature on this subject, a data base and OVID search was performed, using "esophagic foreign body", "foreign body airway" and "bronchoscopy" as key words. References published between 1997 and 2007 were selected, which in addition allows for an epidemiologic, clinical, diagnosis and treatment update.