title: Button batteries in the oesophagus: A surgical emergency.
abstract: We describe two cases of missed battery ingestion that led to extensive morbidity, requiring surgical management that would not have been necessary had the batteries been removed timeously.
authors.affiliation: Division of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. karenmilford@gmail.com.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Milford
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Numanoglu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004630:Emergencies; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome