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Management of swallowed razor blades—retrieve or wait and see?
  1. J R Butterworth,
  2. K Wright,
  3. R A Boulton,
  4. S Pathmakanthan,
  5. J Goh
  1. Gastrointestinal Unit, University Hospital of Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oak Hospitals, Raddlebarn Rd, Birmingham B15, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr J R Butterworth
    Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Rd, Shrewsbury SY3 8XQ, UK; j.r.butterworthbtinternet.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2003.024810

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    A 16 year old boy with a long history of self harm was admitted for the third time in four weeks with a history of ingestion of a number of shaving blades (fig 1). …

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      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
      Gut 2004; 53 486-486 Published Online First: 11 Mar 2004. doi: 10.1136/gut.2003.24810a