A Case Study of the Foreign in the Oral Cavity and Pharynx

Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 32(6); 1989 > Article

Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1989;32(6): 1139-42.

Oh Kyu Yang, MD¹, and Jeong Pyo Bong, MD²

1;Yang's ENT Clinic, Sokcho, 2;Department of Otolaryngology, Wonju College of Medicine Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea

구강 및 인두이물에 대한 임상적 고찰

양오규¹ · 임양상² · 봉정표² · 백석인²

속초 양이비인후과 의원1;연세대학교 원주의과대학 이비인후과학교실2;

ABSTRACT

A clinical analysis of 303 patients of foreign bodies in the pharynx which were encountered in the Yang's ENT Clinic, Sokcho from Jun, 1986 to Fed, 1989 was presented. 1) Fish bone was the most frequent foreign body in the pharynx(99.3%), and Myoung Tai fish bone(30.6%) was the most frequent among the fish bone. 2) In the age of incidence, most of the patients were adult, most commonly in 4th decade(25.7%) and 18 cases(5.9%) were children under 10 years old age. 3) The palatine tonsil was the most common site of foreign body(205 cases, 67.5%) and 79 cases(26.0%) were in the vallecula. 4) In duration of lodgement, the foreign bodies of the pharynx in 226 cases(74.6%) were removed within 24 hours after ingestion of foreign body and after 7 days in 11 cases(3.6%).