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Table 1 Timeline of history, intervention and outcomes

From: Duodenal perforation nine months after accidental foreign body ingestion, a case report

History and treatment course

Date

Symptoms/signs

Events

Interventions

Outcome

July 2017

Asymptomatic

Local clinic visit

Abdominal plain film: negative

Observation

Remained asymptomatic

April 17, 2018

RUQ abdominal pain

Local clinic visit

Antispasmodics

Persisted abdominal pain

April 19, 2018

RUQ abdominal pain with radiation to back

Outpatient clinic visit

Abdominal CT: foreign body penetration over duodenum

Admission

Antibiotic treatment

April 20, 2018

RUQ abdominal pain with radiation to back

 

Laparotomy

Remove foreign body

Duodenorrhaphy

 

April 26, 2018

Complete resolution of abdominal pain

On soft diet

  

April 28, 2018

   

Discharge