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Button battery removed from the stomach resulting in a missed aortoesophageal fistula – a multidisciplinary approach to rescuing a very young patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: While coins are still the most common foreign bodies swallowed by children, ingestion of batteries has become more frequent among children due to the increasing access to electronic toys and devices. Coin battery ingestion is potentially life threatening for children. Aortoesophageal fis...

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Autores principales: Granata, Antonino, Gandolfo, Caterina, Acierno, Carlo, Piazza, Marcello, Burgio, Gaetano, Traina, Mario
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6193310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30333066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1818-5