Abstract:Abstract: Objective??To study the long-term impact on the human body due to retained metal clips under endoscope.?Methods?From January 2016 to March 2018, clinical data of 46 patients who had been found to have metal clips placed in the digestive system for more than 1 month under endoscope were collected.?Results?The retention-time range from 1 month to 5 years, average (7.0?±?0.4) months. 25 cases of upper gastrointestinal, 21 cases of large intestine, a total of 46 cases. During period, 1498 patients with metal clips, accounted for 3.1%. 8 cases of upper gastrointestinal metal clips oxidation, accounted for 32.0% of the upper gastrointestinal metal clips, 1 case of large intestinal retention metal clip was partially oxidized (4.8%); local inflammatory changes of 25 patients; 40 patients retained one, 5 patients retained 2 and 1 patient remained 3; 1 case of rectal polyp removed was reexamined after 11 months, which a metal clip and a new polyp was found in the original site, the pathological result showed hyperplastic polyp. There were 13 cases with obvious chronic granulomatous inflammation (28.3%). 17 patients with upper gastrointestinal tract metal clips had symptoms of abdominal pain (37.0%). There was one case of abdominal pain in patients with large intestine metal clips (2.2%), and 3 cases of diarrhea (6.5%).?Conclusion?The long-term retention of metal clips in the digestive tract may lead to local inflammatory changes and inflammatory polyps. It may also cause abdominal pain and diarrhea. Acid environment has obvious oxidation effect on metal clips, which may induce toxic reactions, it should be highly valued by endoscopic and clinic physicians.