Characteristics of Nasal Foreign Body Cases in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung

Henzen Ghesan Hampry, Sinta Sari Ratunanda, Melati Sudiro, Wijana Wijana, Ayu Hardianti Saputri

Abstract


Background: Nasal foreign bodies are caused by the insertion of an extraneous substance into the nasal cavity. These cases frequently occur in children. Nasal foreign bodies are easily diagnosed, yet the treatment may be burdensome with possible complications and costly management. The study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of nasal foreign body cases.

Methods: The study was descriptive and cross-sectional, using secondary data taken from all medical records of the Emergency Room in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, from 2018 to 2021. Data were presented in tables.

Results: Of the 57 cases, most of the patients (64.9%) were aged 3-5 years, with boys as the most prevalent cases (59.7%) and the most common complaint was pain (31.7%). Inorganic foreign bodies (61.4%) were more commonly found, and being frequently found in the right nasal cavity (49.1%). The duration of the foreign body in the nasal cavity and the treatment conducted on the patients were mostly not written in the medical records, however, no complications were found.

Conclusions: A higher incidence of nasal foreign bodies can be found in boys aged 3-5 years. Inorganic objects and pain are the most common manifestations, although the condition of all patients has been improved. Raising awareness about foreign body cases to the community, especially the parents, is the key to preventing these cases from occurring.


Keywords


Characteristics, foreign bodies, nasal

Full Text:

PDF

References


  1. Constantine S, Buckley J. Corpus Alienum. European Society of Radiology [Internet] 2017 [cited 2021 Sept 6]. Available from: https://epos.myesr.org/poster/esr/ranzcr2017/R-0030.
  2. Ogah SA, Odenkunle RR. Nasal foreign bodies: a retrospective study. Nigerian J Otorhinolaryngol. 2018;15(5):36–8.
  3. Awad AH, ElTaher M. ENT foreign bodies: An experience. Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2018;22(2):146–150.
  4. Yunker WK, Friedman EM. Ingestion injuries and foreign bodies in the aerodigestive tract. In: Johnson JT, Rosen CA, editors. Bailey’s head and neck surgery otolaryngology. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2014. p. 1399–408.
  5. Lee KJ. Pediatric otolaryngology. In: Lee KJ, editors. Essential otolaryngology head and neck surgery. 10th ed. New York: Mc Graw-Hill; 2012. p. 776–826.
  6. Hira İ, Tofar M, Bayram A, Yaşar M, Mutlu C, Özcan İ. Childhood nasal foreign bodies: analysis of 1724 cases. Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2019;57(4):187–90.
  7. Onal M, Ovet G, Alatas N. An asymptomatic foreign body in the nose in an eighteen-year-old patient: button battery. Case Rep Surg. 2015;2015:129851.
  8. Yaroko AA, Baharudin A. Patterns of nasal foreign body in northeast Malaysia: a five-year experience. Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2015;132(5):257–9.
  9. Kesavelu D, Sheela K, Abraham P. Stages of psychological development of child-an overview. Int J Curr Res Rev. 2021;13(13):74–8.
  10. Scharf RJ, Scharf GJ, Stroustrup A. Developmental milestones. Pediatr Rev. 2016;37(1):25–38.
  11. Dinkel D, Snyder K. Exploring gender differences in infant motor development related to parent’s promotion of play. Infant Behav Dev. 2020;59:101440.
  12. Abou-Elfadl M, Horra A, Abada RL, Mahtar M, Roubal M, Kadiri F. Nasal foreign bodies: Results of a study of 260 cases. Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2015;132(6):343-6.
  13. Brotman MA, Kircanski K, Leibenluft E. Irritability in children and adolescents. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2017;13:317–41.
  14. Çelik M. Evaluation of patients with nasal foreign body. Haydarpasa Numune Med J. 2018;58(2):79–84.
  15. Libertus K, Gibson J, Hidayatallah NZ, Hirtle J, Adcock RA, Needham A. Size matters: how age and reaching experiences shape infants’ preferences for different sized objects. Infant Behav Dev. 2013;36(2):189–98.
  16. Michel GF, Campbell JM, Marcinowski EC, Nelson EL, Babik I. Infant hand preference and the development of cognitive abilities. Front Psychol. 2016;7:410.
  17. Cetinkaya EA, Arslan IB, Cukurova I. Nasal foreign bodies in children: types, locations, complications and removal. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2015;79(11):1881–5
  18. Lou ZC. Analysis of nasal foreign bodies in 341 children. J Laryngol Otol. 2019;133(10):908–12.
  19. Campbell JM, Marcinowski EC, Babik I, Michel GF. The influence of a hand preference for acquiring objects on the development of a hand preference for unimanual manipulation from 6 to 14 months. Infant Behav Dev. 2015;39(5):107–17.
  20. Fagard J. The nature and nurture of human infant hand preference. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2013;1288(1):114–23.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.15850/amj.v10n1.2702

Article Metrics

Abstract view : 798 times
PDF - 534 times


 This Journal indexed by

                  

          

 

Creative Commons License
AMJ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

 


View My Stats