Multiple magnet ingestion and gastrointestinal morbidity
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Multiple magnet ingestion as a source of severe gastrointestinal complications requiring surgical intervention.
OBJECTIVE To raise awareness of the dangers associated with magnet ingestion in children. DESIGN Case report and review of the literature. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. Patient Four-year-old boy with minimal physical findings but with a clinical history and imaging suggesting complications from multiple magnet ingestion. Intervention Laparoscopic removal of magnets and repair o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.6.539