Button Battery Ingestion: A Conundrum of Preventable Sequelae Management

• Published in: Journal of clinical and diagnostic research Vol. 13; no. 8; pp. MD01 - MD04
• Main Authors: Periasamy, Nikitha, Bhandarkar, Ajay, Ramaswamy, Balakrishnan, Pujary, Kailesh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 01.08.2019
• Subjects: aorto-oesophageal fistula; bleeding; foreign body; oesophageal burns

Foreign body ingestion is frequently encountered in infants and young children. In recent years, button batteries have become extremely common among household use. As a result of this, there has been an increase in the outcomes related to this button batteries ingestion. Literature reports that ther...