Button battery ingestion complications
Corrosive injuries of the upper gastrointestinal tract due to button batteries often require a multidisciplinary approach due to the potential for multiple complications. We present two cases of button battery ingestion in toddlers; one patient developed a corrosive tracheoesophageal fistula and the...
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Elsevier,
2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Corrosive injuries of the upper gastrointestinal tract due to button batteries often require a multidisciplinary approach due to the potential for multiple complications. We present two cases of button battery ingestion in toddlers; one patient developed a corrosive tracheoesophageal fistula and the other a localized perforation. |
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| Item Description: | 2213-5766 10.1016/j.epsc.2016.12.009 |