Surgical Management of Needle Ingestion in a Low-Resource Setting: A Narrative Review and Two Case Reports

Foreign body ingestion constitutes a significant clinical emergency, particularly among the pediatric age group but also affecting adults, often leading to serious or life-threatening complications. Presentation commonly varies depending on the ingested object's type and location; potential sequelae include mucosal injury, perforation, mediastinitis, and abscess formation. We report two cases of sharp foreign body ingestion with distinct predisposing circumstances: The first case, an 11-year-old