Revisiting swallowed troubles: Intestinal complications caused by two magnets - A case report, review and proposed revision to the algorithm for the management of foreign body ingestion

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 511-516

  Vijaysadan, Viju ^a   Perez, Maria ^a   Kuo, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE SURGERY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MAGNET; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SWALLOWING;

EID: 33750067668     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.5.511     Document Type: Review

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