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Abstract

During 10 years from 1971 to 1981, 213 cases of the foreign bodies in the tracheo-bronchus and esophagus were treated in our clinic .Tracheo-bronchial foreign bodies were detected in 51 cases (male: 38 , female: 13) and esophageal foreign bodies were in 162 cases (male: 81 , female: 81). Their incidence was 0 .56% and 1.85%, respectively, of our all inpatients in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Kitasato University Hospital.Eighty-four percent of tracheo-bronchial foreign bodies and 46 % of esophageal ones were found in the infants under 3 years of age.