Journal Reviews

Button batteries – how can we reduce harm to children?

1 May 2019 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Button battery, Coin cell battery, Disc battery, Esophageal, Foreign body, Injury prevention

This article explores the history of button batteries and how clinicians and industries alike could reduce the harm to children following ingestion. Following ingestion, if lodged, button batteries cause an alkaline reaction leading to necrosis of mucosa. Significant oesophageal injury...