title: Long-Term Complications of Button Batteries in the Nose.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One of the common emergencies presenting to the emergency department is a child who has inserted a foreign body into their nose. Of the various things that children insert accidently, the most dangerous are button batteries.
  
  
  METHODS
  We followed up 11 cases of children with history of button battery insertion in the nose for 1 year. We found that all of the patients had developed a septal perforation; other sequelae included nasal adhesions and saddle nose. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: Button batteries in the nose are dangerous and can lead to early complications with long-term consequences for the patients. Early diagnosis is required so that they can be removed as soon as possible to prevent the development of complications and long-term sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pillaiyarkuppam, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: Satvinder Singh
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bakshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pillaiyarkuppam, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: V Nirmal
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Coumare
authors.affiliation: Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pillaiyarkuppam, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: Madhu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Priya
authors.affiliation: Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pillaiyarkuppam, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: Sithananda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000293:injuries*; D009666:Nose
keywords: button battery; foreign body; nose