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Management of Swallowed Foreign Body | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-49 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ali A. AL-Katib | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Two boys, aged 9 & 2 years who had each swallowed a nail are reported. Both nails were iron and about 5 cm long; one had a pointed end, the other was blunt at both ends. Conservative expectant treatment was successful. The nails passed out in 50h in one case & 120h in the other without causing ill effects. The different types of swallowed foreign bodies in the gastro-intestinal tract, their clinical features, methods of diagnosis and management, with possible complications are described. | ||
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