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

The button battery: BB.