Surgical treatment about foreign body of upper digestive tract

Objective To summarized the surgical treatment about foreign body of upper digestive tract(UDT).Methods 9 cases among 186 patients with foreign bo dy of upper digestive tract by surgical treatment were analyzed retrospectively, including clinical feature,operation indication,opeative approach and skills of management. Results All cases were cured.No postoperative complications were fou nd.Conclusion Most foreign body of UDT needed surgieal treatment are metal or pl astic,and it happens highly in offenders under labour reform and drug addicts.It is an operation indication,when via endoscope remove failure,the foreign body l ocated in the second narrowing of esophagus or more than 9cm in lengh of gastric-duodenum foriegn body.According to the position of foreign body,the opeative a pproaches are selected.The skills of management are a minor incision for removin g foreign body and it is covered with mediastinal plaura or greater omentum.