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Doctors at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital recently retrieved a battery from the oesophagus of a five-month-old baby, the hospital authorities said on Friday. The doctors found that chemical leaching from the battery had also caused ulcers in the upper part of the child’s food pipe.
The child had swallowed a button cell while playing a few days ago. His parents took him to a private hospital after he continued coughing for several days. An X-ray showed that a round foreign body was stuck in his esophagus. The parents then recalled that the child was playing with a small button cell, and he was taken to the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.
The ENT and paediatric surgery departments immediately carried out an endoscopy procedure.
Dr Rakesh Joshi, Medical Superintendent and HOD of paediatric surgery, said, “If the cell had not been removed on time, there was a possibility of perforation in the esophagus due to the battery chemical, and the child’s condition would have become extremely critical.
The child was immediately brought to the civil hospital from a private hospital and the team of doctors succeeded in averting this risk through complex management and surgical procedures.”
After a successful operation, the child was discharged with necessary medicines to heal the ulcers. After 15 days, the follow-up endoscopy showed that the esophageal wall had healed completely, doctors said.
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