A recent open access article reviews button batteries and reiterates algorithm from poison control (noted in previous blog post: Button Battery Algorithm Link | gutsandgrowth).  This article has some excellent figures detailing the extent of the problem and has relevant pictures of radiographs and mucosal damage.

Here’s the reference:

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 77 (2013) 1392–1399

Here’s the link:

http://authors.elsevier.com/offprints/PEDOT6686/7551db6b14c8aabfa827016d69367c08 …