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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2015; 21(26): 8125-8131
Published online Jul 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i26.8125
Published online Jul 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i26.8125
Risk factors for complications associated with upper gastrointestinal foreign bodies
Kyong Hee Hong, Jae Hak Kim, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Graduate School, Goyang 410-773, South Korea
Yoon Jae Kim, Jae Hee Cho, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon 405-760, South Korea
Song Wook Chun, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Myongji Hospital, Goyang 412-270, South Korea
Hee Man Kim, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 220-701, South Korea
Author contributions: Hong KH and Kim YJ equally contributed to this work, they performed the majority of the work including collecting, analyzing, and interpreting the data and writing the report; Chun SW was also participated in analyzing and interpreting the data; Kim JH, Kim HM and Cho JH designed and coordinated the study.
Supported by Gachon University Gil Medical Center, No. 2013-49 and No. 2013-35, to Cho JH and Kim YJ.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Myongji Hospital and Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital.
Informed consent statement: This retrosepcitve study was peformed under IRB approval, all data is de-identified for statistical analysis. Therefore, we think that a waiver of informed consent may be justifiable under this situation.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors have no conflicts of interest to declare or financial ties to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Jae Hee Cho, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, 21 Namdong-daero 774 beon-gil, Namdong-gu, Incheon 405-760, South Korea. jhcho9328@gmail.com
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Received: December 10, 2014
Peer-review started: December 11, 2014
First decision: February 10, 2015
Revised: February 23, 2015
Accepted: April 28, 2015
Article in press: April 28, 2015
Published online: July 14, 2015
Processing time: 215 Days and 21.9 Hours
Peer-review started: December 11, 2014
First decision: February 10, 2015
Revised: February 23, 2015
Accepted: April 28, 2015
Article in press: April 28, 2015
Published online: July 14, 2015
Processing time: 215 Days and 21.9 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: We investigated the status of foreign bodies in the upper gastrointestinal tract and assessed risk factors for complications associated with the endoscopic removal of ingested foreign objects. We concluded that a longer duration of impaction, above 12 h, and sharp-pointed objects were related to the occurrence of endoscopic complications and failure. A strength of this study is that we evaluated risk factors for complications according to particular impaction time, in contrast to published studies that reported simply “long” impaction duration as a risk factor or that impaction time was not associated with the risk of complications.