[The diagnostics and treatment of the gastrointestinal tract foreign bodies ].

We have analyzed the results of treatment of 542 patients with the foreign bodies of the gastrointestinal tract. 359 of patients were hospitalized. All patients were somatically healthy. The majority of the foreign bodies (502 (92.6%)) were radio-opaque. 423 (78%) patients had swallowed single foreign body, the rest demonstrated multiple substances. In 285 (52.6%) cases the foreign bodies left the organism naturally within 7 days. 230 (24%) cases required the endoscopic removal. The surgical removal of the foreign body was performed in 25 (4.6%) cases.