DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FOREIGN BODIES IN CHILDREN
The investigation is based on analysis of treatment results of 467 children with foreign bodies that appeared in gastrointestinal tract accidentally or intentionally. The children were all treated in Pediatric surgery department of Samara Regional Clinical Hospital named after V.D.Seredavin. The character of swallowed details and the frequency of cases have been determined. It is established, that most frequently children has swallowed inert foreign bodies. The absolute majority of observed children are of early and preschool age. The most common complications are peritonitis and bowel obstruction. Besides it is also marked that those complications are most frequently caused by chemically and physically active foreign bodies. We have given the examples of diagnostics and treatment of children with complications caused by physically active foreign bodies of gastrointestinal tract. We have also established the tactics of diagnostics and treatment of these children. Treatment of children with foreign bodies of gastrointestinal tract has been analyzed.