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Surgeons perform two-hour operation to remove battery lodged in oesophagus for four months.

Surgeons perform two-hour operation to remove battery lodged in oesophagus for four months.

BBC News By Aleisha Scott image captionThe button battery was stuck in Sofia-Graces throat for four months An 11-month-old girl who was rejecting solid food had a button battery lodged in her throat for four months. Doctors thought Sofia-Grace Hill had tonsillitis or a viral infection until an X-ray revealed the battery the size of a 10p in her oesophagus. She underwent a two-hour operation to remove it and is now on a liquid only diet. A surgeon said her survival may be due to the battery bei...

A toddler thought to have tonsillitis after she began rejecting food was found to have swallowed a button-sized battery that had been stuck in her throat - for four months.  Little Sofia-Grace Hill, almost two, was rushed to hospital where shocking X-rays revealed a tiny watch battery - the size of a 10p - lodged in, and burning, her oesophagus. Surgeons performed a two-hour operation to remove the object and claimed Sofia-Graces survival may be due to the battery being old and discharged. Sof...