Aerodigestive Tract of Foreign Body in 12 Indonesian Academic Hospital

Abstract

Objective: To explore the profile of patients with aerodigestive tract of foreign bodies, who had performed
bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy in 12 Otorhinolaryngology centers
Method: A descriptive research with a retrospective approach. Data samples were obtained from the
recapitulation of medical services in the Broncho-Esophagology Division at 12 centers of Otorhinolaryngology
education throughout Indonesia. All the extraction was carried out in the operating room of the emergency
room at each education center.
Results: We obtained 487 cases of the laryngo-tracheo-bronchial foreign body, and 1499 of esophageal, then
1177 patients male and 809 female as subjects. The number of patients with aerodigestive foreign body was
dominated by male n=1177 (59%) than female by n=809 (41%). The highest percentage of organic object
was found in peanuts by n=84 (74%) and inorganic objects was needle n=180 (48%). The highest number of
organic objects was meat n=271 (51%), and inorganic objects was coins n=481 (49%).
Conclusion: There was no significant difference in sex in male and female. The highest foreign body in the
feeding process was a coin, while in the airway flow was a needle. The types of unknown objects can be
related to educational background, cultural culture, and diettary in every country.