Ufuk Cobanoglu1, Duygu Mergan2, Ozgur Kemik3, Fuat Sayir1. 1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of YuzuncuYil. 2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Training and Research Hospital, Van, Turkey. 3. Department of General Surgery,University of YuzuncuYil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the frequency of oesophageal foreign bodies during the month of Eid-ul-Adha with other months. METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted at YüzüncüYil University Hospital, Van, Turkey, during 2012-16, and comprised individuals who were treated for bone and/or meat fragments lodged in the oesophagus. The number of hospital admissions with diagnosis of oesophageal foreign bodies during Eid-ul-Adha episodes were extricated and compares with similar date for the other months.Minitab 13 was used for statistical computations. RESULTS: Among the 289 cases in the study, a pronounced increase in the number of patients was observed during Eid-ul-Adha, with the most frequent symptoms in 263(91%) patients being dysphagia and odynophagia. The number of patients with oesophageal foreign bodies diagnosed during Eid-ul-Adha were significantly higher than the other months (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: An increase in cases of oesophageal foreign bodies was found during Eid-ul-Adha.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the frequency of oesophageal foreign bodies during the month of Eid-ul-Adha with other months. METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted at YüzüncüYil University Hospital, Van, Turkey, during 2012-16, and comprised individuals who were treated for bone and/or meat fragments lodged in the oesophagus. The number of hospital admissions with diagnosis of oesophageal foreign bodies during Eid-ul-Adha episodes were extricated and compares with similar date for the other months.Minitab 13 was used for statistical computations. RESULTS: Among the 289 cases in the study, a pronounced increase in the number of patients was observed during Eid-ul-Adha, with the most frequent symptoms in 263(91%) patients being dysphagia and odynophagia. The number of patients with oesophageal foreign bodies diagnosed during Eid-ul-Adha were significantly higher than the other months (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: An increase in cases of oesophageal foreign bodies was found during Eid-ul-Adha.