TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Button battery ingestion: a solution to a management dilemma
JO  - Pediatric surgery international
A1  - Namasivayam, S.
SP  - 383
EP  - 384
VL  - 15
IS  - 5-6
N2  - There is a dilemma in the management of ingested intact button batteries in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract distal to the oesophagus: whether to do an emergency laparotomy or to adopt a wait-and-watch policy. In this case report an effective, safe, and quick method of GI lavage was used and a button battery was expelled successfully from the stomach without resorting to laparotomy or endoscopy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0179-0358
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -