Beware! İncoming Danger: Battery İngestion İn Children
AC Bakır*, R Özcan*, A Celayir**, P Kendigelen***, İ Adaletli****, G Topuzlu Tekant*
* Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Department of Pediatric Surgery
**İstanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty
*** Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Department of Anesthesiology
****Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology
Aim: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the pediatric patients who
presented to our hospital due to the complaint of battery ingestion and
interferenced.Cases and Methods:All hospital files of the children who
were treated with the diagnosis of battery ingestion at our hospital between
2002 and 2016; were analyzed retrospectively. We assessed the patients in
terms of age, gender, type of the battery, the location of the battery,
application time, the type of the interference and complications.Results: Twenty seven cases of battery
ingestions were recruited, with ages ranging from 9 months to 7
years(median age:2.4years), participating in the present study. Twenty four of
the batteries were disc batteries and 3 of them were AA( Cylindrical) batteries. The locations of the batteries
were: 20 of the batteries were in the eosophagus, 6 of them were in the
stomach and one of them was detected in the ileum. The mean application time
was 3,7 days(45 minutes to 1,5 months).One of the patients was referred from a different hospital to our
center, due to esophageal perforation after battery removal in 6th hour. In
follow-up, complete cure was achieved.Endoscopy was performed in 25 patients as first interference. Stomach
burns did not occur in any of the batteries which was located in the
stomach(n:6).After endoscopic removal of the batteries which were located in the
esophagus(n:19), esophageal burns were detected in 16 patients(%84).
2 of patients had grade 1(%12.5) burns, 12(%75) of them had grade 2 burns
and 2(%12.5) patients had grade 3 burns.Mean application time was 1.1day (45 minutes to 10 days). On the 10th
day control endoscopy was performed.
Burned areas were totally healed in
11 patients . In 5 patients
partial recovery was detected. In
follow-up, stricture occurred in one patient. Because
of the alkaline-AA battery which settled in ileum and caused of obstruction, a
laparotomy was performed. No complications were observed at follow-up.Conclusion: In the childhood, battery ingestion which located in the esophagus, needs early assessment
and urgent steps must be performed. Endoscopic approach allows removal of
foreign body and the assessment of the damage.
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