Clinical Profile and Outcome of Esophageal Button Battery Ingestion in Children: An 8-Year Retrospective Case Series

Table 2

Case-based characteristics.

Case number	Age (month)	Gender	Location	Symptom	Time from ingestion to admission	Diameter of battery (mm)	Ingestion witnessed	Mucosal injury (Zargar’s grade)	Complication	Follow-up
1	2	Boy	Proximal	Recurrent pulmonary infection, fever	40 days	UN	No	UN	Tracheoesophageal fistula	Surgery
2	77	Boy	Proximal	Hypersalivation	4 h	21	No	I		Normal
3	17	Boy	Distal	Dysphagia	6 h	19	Yes	IIA		Normal
4	14	Boy	Mid	Vomiting + hypersalivation	UN	18	No	I		Normal
5	39	Boy	Proximal	Coughing + hypersalivation	6 h	17	Yes	IIB	Stricture	Dilatation
6	28	Girl	Distal	Dysphagia + vomiting	4 h	18	UN	IIA	Stricture	Dilatation
7	34	Girl	Distal	Vomiting + hypersalivation	UN	19	Yes	IIA		Normal
8	39	Boy	Mid	Dysphagia	24 h	UN	No	IIIA	Unilateral vocal cord paralysis, stricture	Dilatation
9	99	Girl	Proximal	Hypersalivation	6 h	20	No	0		Normal
10	36	Boy	Proximal	Vomiting + hypersalivation	6 h	17	Yes	IIB		Normal
11	2	Girl	Proximal	Hypersalivation	5 h	14	UN	IIA	Tracheoesophageal fistula death after 4 days, sepsis	Death
12	8	Boy	Proximal	Hypersalivation	8 h	15	No	IIA		Normal
13	42	Girl	Proximal	Hypersalivation	3 h	22	Yes	0		Normal
14	55	Girl	Mid	Vomiting + hypersalivation	24 h	19	No	IIIB	Stricture	Dilatation
15	15	Boy	Distal	Dysphagia + vomiting	4 h	UN	No	IIA	Stricture	Dilatation
16	23	Boy	Proximal	Hypersalivation	UN	18	Yes	IIIB	Stricture	Dilatation
17	29	Boy	Proximal	Vomiting + hypersalivation	6 h	UN	Yes	IIIA	Stricture	Dilatation

UN (Unknown).