Pérez-Perales Jaime E

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 61-65
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ABSTRACT

The study’s objective was to report a case of pharyngeal perforation by a foreign body. The setting was a second-level health care General Regional Hospital. A case is presented of a 34-year old woman with pharyngeal injury produced by a fish bone, and who required surgical treatment because of severe septic complications. Foreign bodies that produce injuries in the upper aerodigestive tract vary greatly in nature. In adults, fish bones are the most common. Although a non-surgical regimen may be safe for small injuries once the foreign body has been extracted, extensive injuries, the development of clinical deterioration signs, lack of quick response to treatment, or the development of any complications urge surgical treatment.

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