[The diagnosis and treatment of patients with foreign bodies in the stomach and intestines].

The results of treatment of 39 patients with complications caused by presence of foreign bodies in the stomach and intestine are presented. Conservative treatment was performed in detection of a single foreign body with a length up to 10 cm. The foreign body staying at the same place for three days should serve an indication for operation. The emergency operation should be performed in presence of multiple foreign bodies in the stomach, when their length is more than 10 cm. and in development of complications--perforation of a hollow organ, development of hemorrhage, abscess, or infiltrate in the abdominal cavity.