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European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging, 2015 A 65-year-old patient visited the outpatient clinic 2 months after he had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery during a stay in South America. This semi-elective procedure was performed following an acute anterior myocardial infarction. The patient had two-vessel disease and the culprit lesion in the left anterior descending coronary artery was …
Gameren, Menno +4 more
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Metallic staples line mimicking a retained surgical sponge
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2010 The inadvertent loss of surgical sponges remains a dreadful hazard of surgery. We report the case of a patient with a medical history of myotonic dystrophy type 1 who had received a right upper lobectomy for the treatment of a stage IIA (pT1N1M0) well ...
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Multiple Foreign Bodies in a 5-Year Old: Non-Accidental Trauma
The Annals of African Surgery, 2020 Foreign bodies, a significant proportion of which are a result of non-accidental trauma, are common but under-reported. Pediatric foreign body injuries can be inconsequential, severe or even fatal, and cause long-lasting morbidity and the need for ...
Mulewa Mulenga +2 more
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Foreign Body in the Sphenoid Sinus
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2014 Dear Editor, Foreign bodies in the paranasal sinuses are not so common, but are still possible. The structures most often involved are maxillary and the frontal sinuses.1 In our case, the sphenoid sinus, which is posterior and deep, was involved ...
Alvin B. Javierto +2 more
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Preventing Ocular Surface Foreign Body Complications: Enhancing Awareness and Precaution
Pakistan Journal of Medicine and DentistryBackground: Ocular surface foreign bodies are the second most common emergency condition in the ophthalmology department OPD, which can be easily prevented through proper precautionary measures.
Amber Khalid +5 more
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Pediatric Aerodigestive Foreign Bodies
MedEdPORTAL, 2014 Introduction The purpose of this case-based module is to teach health care professionals about the presentation, evaluation, and management of aerodigestive foreign bodies in children. Aerodigestive foreign bodies are common in children and can result in
Margaret Wolff +2 more
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Extraction of large foreign bodies from the airway by gastrointestinal endoscopy
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2023 Foreign body aspiration is a worldwide health problem that often results in life-threatening complications. Although flexible bronchoscopy is a safe procedure for removal of foreign bodies, it is usually unsuccessful in removing large foreign bodies from
Kuo-An Wu +5 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker +11 more
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CT Guided Removal of Iatrogenic Foreign Body: A Broken Intravenous Cannula [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Foreign bodies are encountered on day to day basis by a surgeon. Usually foreign bodies are lodged in narrow cavities of the body and the common age group is in children.
Amanpreet Singh +3 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Dormant cancer cells can hide in distant organs for years, evading treatment and the immune system. This review highlights how signals from the surrounding tissue and immune environment keep these cells inactive or trigger their reawakening. Understanding these mechanisms may help develop therapies to eliminate or control dormant cells and prevent ...
Kanishka Tiwary +1 more
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