The cell phone in the twenty-first century: Risk for addiction or ingestion? Case report and review of the literature
10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2021.04.017
- Author:
Sanja Dragasevic
1
Author Information
1. Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade 11000, Serbia
- Publication Type:Letter
- From:
World Journal of Emergency Medicine
2021;12(4):335-336
- CountryChina
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Foreign body ingestion and food bolus impaction are frequent emergency cases in clinical practice.[1] The majority of foreign body ingestion cases occur in the pediatric population, while individuals with mental illness, neurodevelopmental disorders, alcohol intoxication, and prisoners are recognized as a high-risk adult population for foreign body ingestion.[1,2] The American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) in 2011 and the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) in 2016 published clinical guidelines which addressed the management of foreign bodies in the upper gastrointestinal tract of the adult population.[3,4] In general, up to 90% of foreign bodies pass spontaneously, 10%-20% require endoscopic removal, while approximately 1% require surgery for extraction or treatment of developed complications.[4] Despite the fact that clinical guidelines for gastric foreign bodies are developed, they are restricted so far to common objects such as small metal objects or narcotic packets.[3,4] We report a very rare case of swallowed mobile phone in a 35-year-old male with a review of the literature.
