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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.
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Accepted: 21 September 1998
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Namasivayam, S. Button battery ingestion: a solution to a management dilemma. Pediatr Surg Int 15, 383–384 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003830050605
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003830050605