Successful Strategy for the Conservative Management of Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistula Due to Lithium Button Battery Ingestion
A 16-month-old boy was referred to our hospital for the management of suspected lithium button battery (LBB) ingestion. He had been previously well, but became febrile with a persistent cough resistant to oral antibiotics and dysphagia for 5 days. Radiography identified an LBB lodged in the upper es...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2020-01-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1705157 |