Open AccessIngestion of foreign bodies among prisoners: a ten years retrospective study at University Hospital of Southern Italy
Author(s) -
A Volpi,
Rita Laforgia,
Concetta Lozito,
Annarita Panebianco,
Clelia Punzo,
P Ialongo,
Giuseppe Carbotta,
Maria Grazia Sederino,
Marina Minafra,
Anna Paterno,
Nicola Palasciano
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
il giornale di chirurgia/il giornale di chirurgia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1971-145X
pISSN - 0391-9005
DOI - 10.11138/gchir/2017.38.2.080
Subject(s) - medicine , ingestion , impaction , foreign body ingestion , retrospective cohort study , emergency department , foreign bodies , foreign body , emergency medicine , pediatrics , surgery , general surgery , psychiatry
We studied 21 episodes of ingestion of foreign bodies (IFO) among 15 prisoners.