Digestive Tract Injuries Caused by Ingested Foreign Bodies Containing Magnets

We report on 16 children with ingestion of magnetic foreign bodies, who were identified by a medical record review of our hospital data for the time period between January, 2017 and May, 2018. Digestive tract wall was sandwiched in 13 (75%) children and 11 (74%) had gaptic intestinal perforation.

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Published inIndian pediatrics Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 280 - 281
Main Authors Su, Ze-Li, Liu, Dong, Zhou, Xue-Hong, Tian, Xuan-En, Shan, Zhen-Chao, Hou, Shao-Zhang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.03.2021
Subjects
Maternal and Child Health
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Research Letters
Unintentional injuries
Toys
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Summary:We report on 16 children with ingestion of magnetic foreign bodies, who were identified by a medical record review of our hospital data for the time period between January, 2017 and May, 2018. Digestive tract wall was sandwiched in 13 (75%) children and 11 (74%) had gaptic intestinal perforation.
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ISSN:0019-6061
0974-7559
0974-7559
DOI:10.1007/s13312-021-2171-0