Authors
Citation
S. Namasivayam, Button battery ingestion: a solution to a management dilemma, PEDIAT SURG, 15(5-6), 1999, pp. 383-384
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN journal
01790358
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Volume
15
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
383 - 384
Database
ISI
SICI code
0179-0358(199907)15:5-6<383:BBIAST>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
There is a dilemma in the management of ingested intact button batteries in
the gastrointestinal (CI) tract distal to the oesophagus: whether to do an
emergency laparotomy or to adopt a wait-and-watch policy. In this case rep
ort an effective, safe, and quick method of GI lavage was used and a button
battery was expelled successfully from the stomach without resorting to la
parotomy or endoscopy.