Open AccessSurgical treatment of multiple magnet ingestion in children: A single-center study
Author(s) -
Duote Cai,
Qiang Shu,
Shu-Hao Zhang,
Jia Liu,
Zhigang Gao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i23.5988
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , ingestion , surgery , foreign body , foreign bodies , laparoscopy , general surgery
Since 2017, the number of magnet ingestion cases has increased year over year in our hospital. Almost all of the ingested magnetic foreign bodies were magnetic beads, and most of the patients experienced intestinal perforations, causing substantial damage.