Ultrasound-guided Removal of Retained Soft Tissue Foreign Body with Late Presentation

Ultrasound-guided Removal of Retained Soft Tissue Foreign Body with Late Presentation

Ultrasound - guided foreign body removal

A gentleman suffering from right leg penetrating injury presented to a local accident and emergency department. The physical examination did not suggest an embedded foreign body, and he was discharged after local wound dressing. Because of persisting symptoms, he attended another hospital later where an unguided surgical exploration was performed but no foreign body was identified. He was then ...

Surgical Removal of Neglected Soft Tissue Foreign Bodies by Needle-Guided Technique

Introduction: The phenomenon of neglected foreign bodies is a significant cause of morbidity in soft tissue injuries and may present to dermatologists as delayed wound healing, localized cellulitis and inflammation, abscess formation, or foreign body sensation. Localization and removal of neglected soft tissue foreign bodies (STFBs) is complex due to possible inflammation, indurations, granulat...

Unusual presentation of a retained foreign body in a child.

A 4-year-old boy, not known to have any medical illness, presented to several medical facilities reporting right upper quadrant and right flank pain, intermittent fever and chills for 3 months. A CT of the abdomen showed that a swallowed 'bobby pin' had pierced through the right kidney. This finding explained the boy's symptoms. The pin was removed by laparotomy without any subsequent complicat...

surgical removal of neglected soft tissue foreign bodies by needle-guided technique

introduction: the phenomenon of neglected foreign bodies is a significant cause of morbidity in soft tissue injuries and may present to dermatologists as delayed wound healing, localized cellulitis and inflammation, abscess formation, or foreign body sensation. localization and removal of neglected soft tissue foreign bodies (stfbs) is complex due to possible inflammation, indurations, granulat...