Having a gastrointestinal foreign body is considered a common emergency in clinical practice, especially with foreign bodies in the esophagus. The conditions of the gastrointestinal foreign body entering the patient's esophagus can be food choking, fishbone choking, ... These conditions need to be handled promptly so as not to endanger the life of the patient. core.

Rectal foreign bodies are often accidentally swallowed by the patient. At this time, the patient often presents with sudden and severe pain during defecation due to the foreign body impinging on the rectal wall. In this case, if the rectal foreign body is removed immediately, there will be no dangerous complications.

Ingestion of foreign bodies is an endoscopic emergency in the digestive system. This accident is common in children under 5 years old. The causes of children having ingestion of foreign bodies are extremely diverse. Ingestion of foreign bodies is often due to children not actively swallowing but due to accidental swallowing of objects that are too large or angular, falling into the digestive tract and not being digested. In some rare cases, the child has a neurological or mental defect.

Foreign objects in the small intestine can cause small intestine perforation, abdominal abscess, peritonitis or intestinal obstruction. Early surgery to remove foreign objects from the small intestine is needed to avoid these serious complications. Laparoscopic surgery to remove foreign objects is a widely used method today.

In adults, foreign body ingestion is rare and usually an accident. About 80-90% of swallowed foreign bodies pass out of the body without any intervention. Endoscopic intervention to remove foreign bodies is only necessary in 10-20% of cases and surgical intervention is required in less than 1%. In the entire digestive tract, the esophagus is the most common site of obstruction. Foreign bodies or food often become obstructed at physiological or pathological esophageal narrowing.