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We report on 16 children with ingestion of magnetic foreign bodies, who were identified by a medical record review of our hospital data for the time period between January, 2017 and May, 2018. Digestive tract wall was sandwiched in 13 (75%) children and 11 (74%) had gaptic intestinal perforation.
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ZLS: drafting the manuscript and revising it critically for important intellectual content; ZCS,SZH: substantial contributions to conception and design of the work; DL, XHZ, XET: substantial contributions to the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data for the work. All authors approved the final version of manuscript, and are accountable for all aspects related to the study.
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Su, ZL., Liu, D., Zhou, XH. et al. Digestive Tract Injuries Caused by Ingested Foreign Bodies Containing Magnets. Indian Pediatr 58, 280–281 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-021-2171-0
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