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Article: New pediatrics study findings recently were published by B. Azman and co-researchers.
- Article from:
- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- July 4, 2009
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"Rectal foreign body impaction in infancy is extremely rare, and the literature does not describe a standard treatment procedure," scientists writing in the journal Pediatric Emergency Care report.
"Extraction by fiberoptic rectosigmoidoscope is advocated as the treatment of choice but is not free of possible complications It should be also taken into consideration that the type of foreign body has an impact on the timing of treatment. We report a 50-day-old male presenting with a retained broken tip of a mercury thermometer in the rectum," wrote B. Azman and colleagues.
The researchers concluded: "A novel method of diagnostic approach and treatment is ...