• Annals of Saudi medicine · Nov 2022

    Incidence of pediatric rigid esophagoscopy for foreign body removal before and after coin currency implementation in Saudi Arabia in 2017.

    • Abdulaziz Wafi, Mousa Wafi, Turki Hakami, Nasser Waleed Alabida, Raed Almutairi, Alsaleh Saad, and Ibrahim Sumaily.
    • From the Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, King Fahad Central Hospital, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
    • Ann Saudi Med. 2022 Nov 1; 42 (6): 415418415-418.

    BackgroundForeign body (FB) ingestion is a common problem in children, which can lead to severe complications. Coins are the most common FB ingested. Since coin currency was recently implemented in Saudi Arabia, we decided to assess whether any changes have occurred in the incidence of FB removal by esophagoscopy.ObjectivesIncidence of rigid esophagoscopy for ingested FB removal before and after coin currency implementation.DesignMedical record review SETTINGS: Main referral hospital in Jazan region.Patients And MethodsOur study included pediatric patients who underwent rigid esophagoscopy for removal of FB between February 2015 and July 2020 in the otorhinolaryngology department. We reported the incidence, age, gender, and type of FB. As the coin currency implementation started on December 2, 2017, the data were analyzed before and after this date.Main Outcome MeasuresAnnual incidence of pediatric rigid esophagoscopy for removal of ingested FB and type of the FB.Sample Size124 patients RESULTS: The median age and interquartile range was 6.0 (5.0) years. After implementation of coins in 2017, 104 cases were reported over 32 months; before that date, 20 cases were reported over 34 months. Coins were the FB in 2 cases (10%) before implementation of coins and in 83 cases (79.8%) after implementation (P=.0001).ConclusionsThe annual incidence of pediatric esophagoscopy for FB removal has increased more than five times since implementation of coin currency. This increase is exclusively related to the increase in coins as a FB.LimitationsRetrospective study.Conflict Of InterestNone.

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