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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Child, Preschool, Diagnosis, Differential, Esophagoscopy, Esophagus, Female, Foreign Bodies, Humans, Hypopharynx, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Middle Aged, Oropharynx, Retrospective Studies.
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Is the rigid hypopharyngo-esophagoscopy for suspected foreign body impaction still up to date? Context: The increasing use of flexible esophagoscopes leads to controversies regarding the current status of rigid hypopharyngo-esophagoscopy in case of suspected foreign body impaction. In a retrospective investigation we analyzed 309 open tube hypopharyngo-esophagoscopies performed for suspected foreign body impaction. In 108 patients (35.0 %) a foreign body was detected endoscopically. 69 Patients (22.3 %) had other pathologic findings within the upper digestive tract. 72 % of the foreign bodies and 83 % of the pathologic findings were localized within the hypopharynx or the cervical esophagus.
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The superior diagnostic and therapeutic properties of the classical rigid endoscopy in this area underlines its still actual status in patients with suspected foreign body impaction.