Hazardous complications of multiple ingested magnets: Report of four cases

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-190

  Kabre, R ^a,b   Chin, A ^a   Rowell, E ^a   Browne, M ^a   Barsness, K A ^a   Luck, S ^a   Jona, Juda ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel obstruction; Foreign body ingestion; Intestinal perforation; Multiple magnet ingestion; Volvulus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; ILEUM RESECTION; INGESTION; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNET; MALE; MESOCOLON; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE;

EID: 70350520454     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038824     Document Type: Article

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