我院1991年4月～1995年6月共收治儿童食管异物59例，其中于咸菜疙瘩异物33例，男21例，女12例，最大年龄4岁，最小年龄8个月。食管上段19例，中段12例，下段2例。异物的存留时间最长5天，最短4小时，4小时～12小时8例（占24．2％），13～48小时16例（48．5％），2～5天9例（273 Our hospital from April 1991 to June 1995 were treated 59 cases of children with esophageal foreign bodies, including salted lumps in 33 cases, 21 males and 12 females, the maximum age of 4 years old, the minimum age of 8 months. 19 cases of upper esophagus, middle section in 12 cases, lower section in 2 cases. The longest survival time of foreign body was 5 days, the shortest 4 hours, 8 cases (24.2%) in 4 hours to 12 hours, 16 cases (48.5%) in 13 to 48 hours, 9 cases in 2 to 5 days