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Table 1 Comparison of three patients

From: Magnetic foreign body ingestion in pediatric patients: report of three cases

 

Patient 1

Patient 2

Patient 3

Age/ Gender

5 year/ female

28 month/ male

14 month/ male

Chief complaints at the time of admission

FB ingestion

Irritability

Irritability

Vomiting

Physical examination at the time of admission

No signs of surgical abdomen

No signs of surgical abdomen

No signs of surgical abdomen

Laboratory examination at the time of admission

Normal

Normal

Normal

Initial diagnosis

Magnetic FB (the number was uncertain)

Metallic FB

Metallic FB

Initial treatment plan

Admission & observation

Admission & observation

Discharge

Time to operation

7 days

4 days

2 days

Cause to perform an operation

FB did not pass through digestive tract

Sudden-onset surgical abdomen

Incidentally discovered gastric perforation on gastroduodenoscopy

Operation findings

5 magnetic FBs

Ileo-ileal fistula

Cecal perforation

2 magnetic FBs

Ileo-cecal fistula

Internal herniation with strangulation of the ileum

3 magnetic FBs

Gastro-jejunal fistula

Ileal perforation

Operation

Primary closure

Primary closure Ileum resection

Primary closure

Outcome

Discharged on

7th POD

Discharged on

10th POD

Discharged on

8th POD

  1. FB foreign body, POD post-operative day