Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(3):221-224 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.043

Magnetic foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract - two case reports and literature review

MUDr. Vojtěch Dotlačil, MUDr. Barbora Kučerová, Ph.D., MUDr. Dagmar Sovadinová, prof. MUDr. Jiří Šnajdauf, DrSc.
Klinika dětské chirurgie, 2. lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy a Fakultní nemocnice v Motole, Praha

Among pediatric patients, the diagnosis of swallowing a foreign body is very common. In a minority of these cases, magnetic objects are swallowed. If more than one magnet is swallowed at a time, they can cause serious complications in the digestive tract. In this article, we present two case reports and discuss the possible complications, diagnostic approaches and treatment of these patients according to current evidence-based medicine.

Keywords: magnetic foreign bodies, gastrointestinal tract, laparoscopic surgery, pediatric surgery.

Published: October 14, 2021  Show citation

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Dotlačil V, Kučerová B, Sovadinová D, Šnajdauf J. Magnetic foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract - two case reports and literature review. Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(3):221-224. doi: 10.36290/ped.2021.043.
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