Ingestion of foreign objects

Weiner, Brian C.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)05041-8

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“…Of these cases, 10 were associated with patients who had been diagnosed with bulimia [17][18][19][20][21], five occurred while brushing the teeth [22][23][24][25][26] and four occurred while brushing the back part of the tongue or pharynx [16,[27][28][29]. There was one case report [30] in which the toothbrush was swallowed as an effort to remove a foreign body, one case in which the subject ingested the toothbrush in an attempt to commit suicide [31] and another case of ingestion that led to death [7]. In most of the cases, the toothbrush did not pass the stomach, but there were cases in which the observed toothbrush location was the esophagus, duodenum, colon, liver and oropharynx.…”

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Is it safe to use a toothbrush?

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Weijden

2014

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

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The combined evidence related to serious adverse events as presented in case reports showed that the oral use of a toothbrush can be associated with ingestion, impaction, instant trauma, gingival traumatic injury and seizures. Given the incidence of reporting, important recommendations are that a toothbrush should not be used to induce vomiting, nor should people walk or run with this device in their mouths, especially children.

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“…There are a few case reports describing such injuries or accidents involving the ingestion or impalement of a toothbrush [7,8].…”

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Is it safe to use a toothbrush?

Oliveira

Slot

Weijden

2014

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

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“…For example, we have been informed that they place tape over razor blades, as others have reported. 6 Despite what we know, it is very difficult to trust them because they usually insist that the object is not protected or that the batteries have not been emptied. Whether this is true is always an enigma that involves risks.…”

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Ingested Foreign Bodies: Do We Need a Specific Approach When Treating Inmates?

Ribas

Ruiz-Luna

Garrido

et al. 2014

The American Surgeon™

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The management of foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract is not standardized. Foreign body ingestions in prisoners are always intentional and inmates can be manipulative, which makes medical decision even more difficult. Our objective is to propose a decisional algorithm for management of foreign body ingestion in prisoners. We reviewed the records of 198 admissions for foreign body ingestion for a 10-year period. Type and number of ingested foreign bodies, radiographic findings, outcome as well as the management method including conservative, endoscopic removal, or surgical treatment were analyzed. Most cases were managed conservatively (87.6%). Endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract was performed in 37 cases with a success rate of 46 per cent. In 9.3 per cent of cases, the final treatment was endoscopic. Only five patients required surgical treatment, being emergent just in one case. We advocate conservative treatment for asymptomatic patients with foreign body ingestion. Endoscopic removal is proposed for pointed objects or objects bigger than 2.5 cm located in the stomach. Objects longer than 6 to 8 cm located in the stomach should be removed by endoscopy or laparoscopy. Patients with objects in the small bowel or colon should be treated conservatively unless there are complications or they fail to progress.

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“…In the general population, the most common ingested foreign bodies are coins in children 12) and impacted meat or other types of food bolus in adults 2) . But for prison inmates in foreign countries, the common foreign objects are razor blades, metallic stars, toothbrushes, radio antennae and so on 6 - 10 , 13 - 15) .…”

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Foreign Objects in Korean Prisoners

Lee

Kang

Kim

et al. 2007

Korean J Intern Med

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Background Foreign objects in the gastrointestinal tract are usually the result of accidental swallowing. Yet foreign object ingestion is often seen in prisoners who mainly desire to leave prison. We report here on a series of 33 Korean prisoners with foreign object ingestion and they were treated endoscopically or surgically. Methods We reviewed the medical records of 33 Korean prisoners (52 episodes) who were admitted due to ingestion of foreign objects between January 1998 and June 2004 to Konyang University Hospital and Gyeongsang National University Hospital. Results All the patients were male with a mean age of 35 years. The most common duration from ingestion to the visit to the ER was within 24 hours (25/52 episodes). Most of the foreign objects were located in the esophagus (42.3%) and stomach (42.3%). The number of foreign objects was one in 28 episodes, two in 12 episodes and three or more in twelve episodes. The most common foreign objects were metal wires (26/52 episodes). The mean size of the foreign objects was 11.9 centimeters long. Successful endoscopic treatment was performed in most patients (46/52 episodes, 88.5%). The remaining six cases were treated surgically. Conclusions The foreign objects in prisoners were a variety of unusual things because of the prison environment, and endoscopy is a mainstay of treatment for foreign object removal in Korean prisoners.

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Ingestion of foreign objects

Cited by 7 publications

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Is it safe to use a toothbrush?

Is it safe to use a toothbrush?

Ingested Foreign Bodies: Do We Need a Specific Approach When Treating Inmates?

Foreign Objects in Korean Prisoners

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