INTRODUCTION The aspiration of a foreign body is usually combined with acute clinical symptoms requiring immediate medical intervention. Nevertheless, in approximately one third of patients the symptoms of aspiration are less prominent; such a clinical condition is called occult bronchial foreign body (OBFB). The aim of our study was to assess the frequency of OBFB in the pulmonary unit of a di...

Rectal foreign bodies are rare and often challenging. It can vary from soft toys to hard glass or wooden objects. Patients mostly habitual offenders who generally present emergency due retained body complications like perforation bleeding. Proper history with a plain X-ray is enough for the diagnosis position of body. However, management be varied simple trans-anal retrieval an exploratory lapa...

department with a 2-month history of recurrent lower abdominal pain accompanied periodically by fever. He had lost 7 kg in weight and had no history of melena or change in bowel habits or stool caliber. Plain abdominal radiography and computed tomography (CT) scans were normal. Colonoscopy revealed a wooden toothpick of 7 cm in length that had impacted with both ends embedded in the sigmoid wal...

conclusions penetrating trauma from wooden fragments provides a diagnostic challenge. a stubborn discharge from a wound must always raise the suspicion of retained fragment. early and appropriate surgical exploration is imperative. introduction in contrast with victims of major trauma, patients who suffer minor injuries receive little specialist input. in most cases, this causes no difficulty, ...

conclusions ultrasound is recommended as the first choice when fb is located within the superficial soft tissues with no bone around it. in case of penetration of fb into deeper tissues or beneath bone, ct or cbct are recommended. otherwise, considering lower dose, cbct is preferred over ct. we can use mri if the fb is not ferromagnetic. however, ct is the first choice in emergency situations b...

INTRODUCTION Penetrating hand injuries are common and improper assessment can result in missed foreign bodies. These bodies can result in a wide range of complications. AIM The aim of our study was to study the profile of patients reporting with missed foreign bodies in the hand. MATERIALS AND METHODS All the cases treated in the Department of Surgery, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sci...

The authors report three cases of penetrating craniocervical injury by wooden foreign bodies, which were initially hypodense on CT and thought to be air. When these structures were scrutinized with higher window settings, they had a higher attenuation and a unique striated internal architecture which the authors propose may be specific to wood.

BACKGROUND Penetrating and impalement injuries of the hand and fingers are one of the commonest presentations at the hospital's emergency rooms. This study assessed the characteristics of patients who suffered foreign body injuries to the hands and documented the pattern of diagnosis and management at a specialist plastic surgical facility. METHODS The study was conducted at the Department of...