Oesophageal Foreign Bodies--from Diagnostic Challenge to Therapeutic Dilemma.

Ingestion of foreign bodies, common in the emergency services, remains a challenge for physicians despite preventive measures and technical progress due to the frequency and possible complications, serious complications that can darken vital prognosis or may be a source of remote morbidity. Clinical experience at "St. Mary" Hospital included, between 2000-2015, 39 patients diagnosed with FB ingestion, of which 26 fixed in the oesophagus, with the remaining 13 having spontaneously progressed along the digestive tract (5 recovered from the stomach, 6 naturally evacuated, and 2 cases with colic perforation).