Button battery ingestion in children: An emerging hazard
Button battery ingestion is an emerging hazard. In this retrospective study, we report six cases of lithium button battery ingestion in pediatric age group (mean age 2.8 years). Three button batteries were removed from stomach and three from esophagus. Esophageal site was associated with significant...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2013-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Digestive Endoscopy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-5042.129969 |