ReviewFrontiers of medicine2012
Gastrointestinal damage caused by swallowing multiple magnets.
Review in Frontiers of medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Diagnosis and management of paediatric magnet ingestion: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2026Pooled it
- Enteroenteric Fistula Following Multiple Magnet Ingestion in an Adult: Case Report, Literature Review and Management Algorithm.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Magnetic-assisted detection and extraction of dispersed metallic foreign bodies in the abdominal cavity: A case report.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Endoscopic removal of high-powered magnets from the appendiceal orifice in an asymptomatic child.JPGN reports · 2025Article
- A Gastric Magnetic Foreign Body Incidentally Detected Several Years after Ingestion.The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2023Article
- A 37-Year-Old Schizophrenic Woman With Abdominal Pain.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2023Article
- Accidental ingestion of magnetic foreign body in a pediatric patient: A potentially fatal attraction.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
- Increase in foreign body and harmful substance ingestion and associated complications in children: a retrospective study of 1199 cases from 2005 to 2017.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
- Magnetic compression anastomosis for rectal atresia following necrotizing enterocolitis: A case report.Medicine · 2020Article
- Lockdown dilemma: ingestion of magnetic beads presenting as right iliac fossa pain and subacute small bowel obstruction.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
- Multicenter investigation of pediatric gastrointestinal tract magnets ingestion in China.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
- Constant magnetic field in treating congenital esophageal and anorectal malformation: a review.World journal of pediatric surgery · 2020Review
- Ileocecal junction perforation caused by a sewing needle in incarcerated inguinal hernia: An unusual case report.Medicine · 2018Article
- Feasibility and safety of a novel magnetic-assisted capsule endoscope system in a preliminary examination for upper gastrointestinal tract.Surgical endoscopy · 2018Article
- Takes two to tango.BMJ case reports · 2014Article
- Swallowed magnets and batteries: a dangerous but not unexpected attraction.BMJ case reports · 2013Article
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Abstract
Swallowing multiple magnets is not uncommon worldwide and it frequently leads to serious consequences. However, most patients fail to receive timely and correct diagnosis and treatment. A literature search was performed to establish an algorithm for these accidents by the authors to identify relevant articles published from June 1987 to October 2010 in Google, Medline, ISI Web of Knowledge Ovid, CNKI, Korea Med and library document delivery, using search terms "magnet ingestion, " "fistula," and "perforation." A total of 149 patients with ingestion of magnetic foreign bodies from 20 countries and areas were identified. 22 of them were companioned with neurological and psychiatric disorders. Swallowing magnets occurred throughout childhood and adolescent, mostly ranging 2 to 4 years in age. Various gastrointestinal damages such as necrosis and intestinal perforation or fistula were encountered. Damage from swallowing multiple magnets carries a significant risk of morbidity and even mortality throughout childhood to adolescent worldwide. Older children and adults with neurological and psychiatric problems may be at high risk for such accidents. Early intervention is crucial.
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