Fluoroscopic removal of ingested alkaline batteries.
The ingestion of small, flat disc batteries by infants and children may be life threatening if the battery leaks or disintegrates resulting in perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. The fluoroscopic removal of six ingested batteries from the stomach using an orogastric tube and magnet and a Foley catheter is described.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000295:instrumentation; D008280:Magnetics; D013270:Stomach