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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Source: Indian Pediatrics - June 23, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Su ZL, Liu D, Zhou XH, Tian XE, Shan ZC, Hou SZ Tags: Indian Pediatr Source Type: research