Research Article
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 | | |
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