A very challenging scenario of 52 ingested toy magnets causing multiple entero-enteric fistulas in a 5 year-old child

Introduction: Foreign body ingestion is commonly seen in paediatrics. Magnets, button batteries and sharp objects can cause life threatening complications. Intestinal obstruction, peritonitis and fistula formation between bowel loops are reported complications to multiple magnets ingestion. Case pre...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Azzam, Prabhu Sekaran, Semiu E. Folaranmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576622003347