Hazardous foreign bodies: Complications and management of button batteries in nose

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-383

  Loh, Woei Shyang ^b   Leong, Jern Lin ^b   Tan, Henry Kun Kiaang ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Button battery; Nasal foreign body; Septal perforation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FOREIGN BODY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; NOSE SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 0344837835     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940311200415     Document Type: Article

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