Foreign Body Ingestion in Children: The Role of X-ray
Journal Title: Oman Medical Journal - Year 2019, Vol 34, Issue 6
Abstract
Iread with great interest the retrospective review of foreign body ingestion among Omani children published in the November 2018 issue of the Oman Medical Journal. Of the 585 patients reviewed, 385 were enrolled based on the inclusion criteria, and they were managed solely by pediatricians. In our center, in Malaysia, such cases are managed by otolaryngologists, for both children and adults.
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Irfan Mohamad
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