Results:
we recorded 34 cases of pharyngeal obstruction by foreign bodies. The
patients were aged 3 months to 39 years and the sex ratio was 1.83. The
age group ranged between 3 month and 3 years was the most represented
with 47.06% cases. The respiratory distress (52.94%) and dysphagia
(70.59%) were the main cause of consultation in the ENT. Most Foreign
bodies were toys and bottle caps in respectively 52.93% and 29.41%
cases. The topography was predominantly hypopharyngeal (82.35%). The
extraction was endoscopic (64.70%) and chairside (35.29%), with a
favorable outcome in 97.06% of cases.
Conclusion: pharyngeal obstructive foreign bodies constitutes
an absolute ENT emergency, the prevention of which is based on rigorous
surveillance of preschool children.