Abstract:Objective To analysis the clinical characteristics of esophageal button battery ingestion in children, and to explore the safe and effective treatment of this disease. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 24 cases with esophageal button battery ingestion in children admitted to Shenzhen Children’s Hospital, including 14 males and 10 females. The mean age of the patients was 26.3 months. The shortest time and longest time of esophageal button battery ingestion were 1 h and 2 months respectively. The clinical features and treatments of this disease were comprehensively analyzed. Results All 24 cases were removed with rigid esophagoscope under general anesthesia, and 23 cases (95.83%) were complicated with esophageal mucosal erosion. Esophageal stenosis occurred in 3 cases (12.5%) and esophageal perforation occurred in 2 cases (8.33%), among which 1 case was tracheoesophageal fistula. All patients with complications were followed up after discharge, and no death cases were found. Conclusions Foreign body ingestion with button battery can cause great damage to the esophageal mucosa with its strong corrosiveness. Emergency surgery should be taken after early diagnosis to effectively improve the prognosis and reduce the incidence of complications.