On the casuistry of foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal path

The ingress of foreign bodies into the human body occurs on a daily basis and accounts for a large percentage of sudden illnesses. According to Vakar's statistics, the Odessa rescue station has registered 1868 cases with a foreign body as the cause of sudden illnesses for 7 years. In the Moscow Institute of Emergency Aid. Sklifasovsky, 2324 cases of esophageal foreign bodies were observed for 11 years, of which 2247 cases. esophagoscopy was used. Schlemmer cites material in 1657 esophagoscopies about foreign bodies of the esophagus. Diseases in connection with a foreign body in the gastrointestinal canal are much less common, but in some cases such a foreign body necessitates surgical intervention. Foreign bodies enter the stomach cavity either through the mouth, or through the intestines and from neighboring hollow organs, or when injured. These bodies are swallowed either by accident, due to carelessness or fast food, sometimes due to pranks by children, or due to mental illness. We have observed two cases of swallowing sewing needles.