Discussion Foreign bodies in the alimentary tract of children are commonly managed by
pediatricians and surgeons. Most foreign bodies pass readily into the stomach and travel the …

Foreign body ingestion is common but multiple magnet ingestion is rare. When more than
one magnet is ingested, gastrointestinal complications may occur. The magnets are …

Foreign body ingestion in children is not uncommon. Fortunately, most ingested foreign
bodies that reach the stomach will pass through the gastrointestinal tract uneventfully and …

Foreign body ingestion is frequent in children and generally associated with little morbidity.
However, some foreign bodies are innocent when ingested as a single object, but may have …

Ingestion of foreign bodies is not an uncommon clinical scenario seen by the emergency
medicine physician, pediatrician, or pediatric surgeon. Often, ingested foreign bodies …

Accidental ingestion of foreign bodies is a common pediatric problem. The majority of such
cases occur between 6 months and 3 years. When several magnets are ingested, they can …

Foreign-body ingestion is relatively common in the pediatric population and most objects
pass through the gastrointestinal tract with minimal complications. Popular toy magnetic …

The widespread popularity of magnetic toy sets has resulted in increased reports of magnet
ingestion and subsequent complications. Traditional algorithms for ingested foreign bodies …

Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common emergency as well as a major cause of accidental
injury and represents a severe public health problem in childhood, especially in infants …

Foreign body ingestion in small children is common yet only 1% of cases require operative
management of associated complications (Arana et al. in Eur J Pediatr 160: 468–472, 2001) …