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Ingested button battery retrieved by a modified magnet endoscope
Wen-Jue Soong1, Yeong-Seng Yuh
1Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. wjsoong@vghtpe.gov.tw
Abstract:
Ingestion of button battery (BB) by toddlers has been seen with increasing frequency over the past decade. Significant morbidity may develop if the ingested BB cannot be removed in time. Herein, we describe 2 infants whose ingested BBs were smoothly and successfully retrieved, from a stenotic esophagus and stomach, by the use of a self-made modified magnet endoscope.
