Clinical Study
Button Battery Foreign Bodies in Children: Hazards, Management, and Recommendations
Table 1
The results summary.
| Sex | Age (month) | Site of impaction of BB | Duration of impaction of BB | Size of BB (millimeter) | Type of BB | Complication | Follow-up period (month) |
| Male | 28 | Left nasal fossa | 1 day | 15 | Alkaline | Mucosal turbinate and septal ulcerations | 3 | Male | 50 | Left nasal fossa | 18 hours | 8 | Alkaline | Mucosal turbinate and septal ulcerations | 3 | Female | 48 | Right nasal fossa | 12 hours | 12 | Alkaline | Mucosal turbinate and septal ulcerations | 3 | Male | 34 | Right nasal fossa | 3 days | 10 | Alkaline | Necrosis of the inferior turbinate | 4 | Male | 53 | Left nasal fossa | 1 week | 12 | Alkaline | Nasal septal perforation | 6 | Female | 40 | Upper esophagus | 2 hours | 23 | Alkaline | Mucosal edema and discoloration | 5 | Female | 42 | Upper esophagus | 5 hours | 22 | Alkaline | Mucosal burns and necrotic tissues | 7 | Male | 30 | Upper esophagus | 4 hours | 22 | Alkaline | Mucosal burns | 6 | Male | 23 | Upper esophagus | 6 hours | 20 | Alkaline | Mucosal burns and necrotic tissues | 7 | Male | 36 | Stomach | 3 hours | 15 | Alkaline | — | 3 | Male | 23 | Stomach | 2 hours | 12 | Alkaline | — | 3 | Female | 24 | Stomach | 5 hours | 15 | Alkaline | — | 3 | Male | 38 | Left external ear | 3 days | 8 | Alkaline | Tympanic membrane perforation | 3 |
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The button battery: BB.
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