[Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy in foreign bodies of the digestive tract].

The authors observed 45 patients with foreign bodies in different parts of the digestive tract. In all the patients the foreign bodies were extracted with the help of endoscopes without complications. Wide introduction of diagnostic and curative endoscopy in the clinical practice in cases with foreign bodies in the digestive tract allows to avoid operations in most cases. Besides, it considerably shortens the time of staying of such patients in the hospital.