Removal of unusual, large high-velocity metallic maxillary sinus foreign bodies by a modified free bone flap technique
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 11/09/2009
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Scolozz P et al. – Metallic foreign bodies are rarely found in the maxillary sinus, and usually they have a dental origin. Potential complications related to foreign bodies include recurrent sinusitis, rhinolith ... chemical poisoning, facial neuralgic pain and even malignancies. The authors are reporting two unusual cases of large high–velocity foreign bodies removed by a modified maxillary lateral antrotomy, with free bone flap repositioning and fixation with a titanium miniplate.
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X-ray appearance of subcutaneous gemstones as part of alternative/holistic medicine: a case report and review of the literature
Clinical Imaging, 10/27/2009
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nodules identified as foreign bodies on radiographic films. The foreign bodies were gemstones inserted underneath the skin as a form of holistic medicine. The X–ray findings of this case and a review of the literature for similar subcutaneously implanted foreign bodies used in holistic
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Single-port Transvesical Excision of Foreign Body in the Bladder
Urology, 10/21/2009
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Ingber MS et al. – Removal of foreign bodies of the bladder through a single transvesical laparoscopic port is technically feasible. This procedure offers excellent visualization of mesh material, especially near the bladder neck where these foreign bodies
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Foreign objects in teeth: Retrieval and management
Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 10/19/2009
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Aduri R et al. – The discovery of foreign bodies in the teeth is a special situation, which is often diagnosed accidentally. Detailed case history, clinical and radiographic examinations are necessary to come to a conclusion about the nature ... location of the foreign body and the difficulty involved in its retrieval. This paper discusses the types of foreign objects found in and around the teeth and reports two cases along with their retrieval and associated management of the involved teeth.
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A case of an ingested sewing needle in the appendix
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 10/22/2009
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NR et al. – The most important point for the treating physician is that foreign bodies that lodge in the appendix are prone to perforate and inflame, and therefore should be removed; most patients with foreign bodies in the appendix are or will be symptomatic. The most important point for this
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Travel of a mis-swallowed long spoon to the jejunum
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 10/27/2009
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Y et al. – Foreign–body ingestion is a relatively common presentation at emergency departments, but long metallic spoon swallowing is an infrequent occurrence. Unlike most cases of foreign–body ingestion, there have been no reported cases of long foreign bodies reaching the jejunum
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Role of tracheostomy in the management of foreign body airway obstruction in children
Singapore Medical Journal, 10/02/2009
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Singh JK et al. – Tracheostomy is occasionally indicated in foreign body extraction, when they are subglottic in location and impacted, or are large foreign bodies that get obstructed at the glottic chink
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Pleural effusion from a candy wrapper
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 11/04/2009
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and recurrent left–sided pneumonia presents with worsening shortness of breath and productive cough...Risk factors for tracheobronchial foreign–body aspiration in adults are a depressed mental status or an impairment in the swallowing reflex. Aspiration commonly occurs into the right ... lung depending on the position of the patient. Common foreign bodies described in adults are teeth or dental appliances, pins, and semisolid food, especially in elderly people. The clinical presentation varies from dyspnea and wheezing to asphyxia and cardiac arrest. Unilateral wheezing &ndash ... symptoms – should raise suspicion of foreign body aspiration. Delayed complications of bronchial obstruction manifest usually as pneumonia. Subsequently, pleural effusion may develop because of an increased capillary permeability secondary to endothelial injury, and may progress to empyema ... medicine,family medicine,internal medicine
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Ingested foreign bodies in the paediatric patient
Irish Journal of Medical Science, 11/03/2009
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O’Brien GC et al. – Conservative management of FB ingestion in the paediatric population is possible in the majority of cases. However, a minority require intervention. While guidelines for intervention are ill–defined, definitive ... include symptomatic patients, or dangerous objects.
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Chronic Surgical Site Infection Due to Suture-Associated Polymicrobial Biofilm
Surgical Infections, 10/13/2009
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Kathju S et al. – Chronic SSI can arise from underlying bacterial biofilms, which can invest implanted foreign bodies and associated soft tissue surfaces.
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