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Ingested metallic foreign body lodged in the appendix

An 8-year-old child ingested a metallic screw 3 months prior to admission. At laparotomy, the foreign body was found to be lodged inside the vermiform appendix, and was removed by appendicectomy.

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Autores principales: Sarkar, R. R., Bisht, J., Sinha Roy, S. K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430847
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.74520
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spelling pubmed-30477732011-03-22 Ingested metallic foreign body lodged in the appendix Sarkar, R. R. Bisht, J. Sinha Roy, S. K. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report An 8-year-old child ingested a metallic screw 3 months prior to admission. At laparotomy, the foreign body was found to be lodged inside the vermiform appendix, and was removed by appendicectomy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3047773/ /pubmed/21430847 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.74520 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ingested metallic foreign body lodged in the appendix
title Ingested metallic foreign body lodged in the appendix
title_full Ingested metallic foreign body lodged in the appendix
title_fullStr Ingested metallic foreign body lodged in the appendix
title_full_unstemmed Ingested metallic foreign body lodged in the appendix
title_short Ingested metallic foreign body lodged in the appendix
title_sort ingested metallic foreign body lodged in the appendix
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430847
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.74520
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