A retrospective chart review identified 113 children with esophageal coin impaction and analyzed their epidemiology and management. 55% of the children were male, and their mean age was 2.9 years. 65% had swallowed a penny, 80% had impaction of the proximal esophagus and 91% required a procedure to remove the coin. No relationship was found between the type of coin swallowed and the location of the impaction.
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McNeill, M. B. et al. Epidemiology and management of oesophageal coin impaction in children. Dig. Liver Dis. doi:10.1016/j.dld.2012.01.001
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Esophageal coin impaction in children. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 9, 189 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2012.36
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