Research Article
Foreign Body Aspiration in Northern Ghana: A Review of Pediatric Patients
Table 2
Nature of aspirated foreign bodies.
| Foreign body | Number | Percentage (%) |
| Groundnuts | 13 | 39.4 | Fishbone | 3 | 9.1 | Cartilage | 2 | 6.1 | Maize | 2 | 6.1 | Metallic object | 2 | 6.1 | Plastic pen cap | 2 | 6.1 | Spring coil | 2 | 6.1 | Board paperclip | 1 | 3.0 | Ebony seed | 1 | 3.0 | Gaya seed | 1 | 3.0 | Hair clip | 1 | 3.0 | Pin | 1 | 3.0 | Seed | 1 | 3.0 | Stone | 1 | 3.0 |
| Total | 33 | 100.0 |
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