Update on Management of Caustic and Foreign Body Ingestion in Children

Table 4

Foreign body ingestion, when the surgeon should be involved.

Emergency/urgency	Severe clinical presentations	Serious respiratory problems	dyspnoea
			cyanosis
		Acute abdomen	perforation
			occlusion
		Severe haemorrhage
	Unexpected situation or complication occurring during endoscopic removal
Election/delayed	FB too big or potentially dangerous	Bezoars
		FB big, sharp, cutting
		Multiple magnets
	Documented failure of progression through the gut
	Patients with congenital or acquired pathologies which could cause transit difficulties
	Late observation for not noticed ingestion or not clear anamnesis