20 mm lithium button battery causing an oesophageal perforation in a toddler: Lessons in diagnosis and treatment

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 746-747

  Soccorso, Giampiero ^a   Grossman, Ole ^a   Martinelli, Massimo ^b   Marven, Sean S ^a   Patel, Kirtik ^c   Thomson, Mike ^a   Roberts, Julian P ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T TUBE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; HYDROPNEUMOTHORAX; LITHIUM; MALE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864700266     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-301631     Document Type: Article

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