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Pediatric foreign body ingestion in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

A retrospective epidemiological study

Bayan O. Besharah, Rehab F. Simsim, Lina Y. Natto, Ahmad J. Khiyami and Ahed A. Aqeel
Saudi Medical Journal June 2023, 44 (6) 594-600; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.6.20230090
Bayan O. Besharah
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Besharah), King Abdullah Medical Complex; from the Department of Urology (Khiyami), International Medical Center, Jeddah; from the Clinical Science Department (Simsim), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Natto), King Abdullah Medical City; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Aqeel), Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Besharah), King Abdullah Medical Complex; from the Department of Urology (Khiyami), International Medical Center, Jeddah; from the Clinical Science Department (Simsim), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Natto), King Abdullah Medical City; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Aqeel), Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Lina Y. Natto
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Besharah), King Abdullah Medical Complex; from the Department of Urology (Khiyami), International Medical Center, Jeddah; from the Clinical Science Department (Simsim), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Natto), King Abdullah Medical City; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Aqeel), Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Besharah), King Abdullah Medical Complex; from the Department of Urology (Khiyami), International Medical Center, Jeddah; from the Clinical Science Department (Simsim), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Natto), King Abdullah Medical City; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Aqeel), Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahed A. Aqeel
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Besharah), King Abdullah Medical Complex; from the Department of Urology (Khiyami), International Medical Center, Jeddah; from the Clinical Science Department (Simsim), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Natto), King Abdullah Medical City; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Aqeel), Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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