Successful Strategy for the Conservative Management of Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistula Due to Lithium Button Battery Ingestion

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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Main Authors: Soichi Shibuya, Takahiro Azuma, Geoffrey J. Lane, Manabu Okawada, Atsuyuki Yamataka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2020-01-01
Series:European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports
Subjects:
foreign body ingestions
tracheoesophageal fistula
conservative treatment
lithium button battery
mediastinitis
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1705157

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