Small bowel perforation secondary to accidental magnetic objects ingestion: (Two pediatric cases report)

• Main Authors: Amine Ksia (Author), Meriem Braiki (Author), Nahla Kechiche (Author), Lassaad Sahnoun (Author), Sabrine Ben Youssef (Author), Mongi Mekki (Author), Abdellatif Nouri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pediatric Surgery Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Foreign bodies ingestion is considered as a common pediatric problem, it is mostly encountred in infants between 6months and 2 years. Ingestion of magnets was documented in only few reports. We report two uncommon cases of bowel perforations owing to magnets ingestion. Patients were respectively age...