Review Article
Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies in the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Review of the Literature
Table 2
Common complications associated with foreign body impaction.
| Foreign body | Complication |
| Button battery | Chemical/electrical damage, stricture formation, migration through intestinal wall | Fish bone | Perforation, peritonitis, abscess formation, sepsis, hematoma | Crack-cocaine pipes | Toxic effects of illicit drug | Bread bag clips | Attachment to bowel wall → inflammation, ulceration, perforation, obstruction | Round objects (air gun pellets, screws, other metallic objects) | Acute appendicitis |
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