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Retained foreign body in a child

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1987
We present the case of a child who ingested or inhaled a foreign body that lodged between the esophagus and the trachea for more than 23 months. The only presenting complaint was of recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. The patient, a 3-year-old girl, required a tracheostomy to alleviate respiratory distress.
V Ilankovan
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Retained Foreign Bodies

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1997
To evaluate the frequency of occurrence and outcome of patients having retained foreign bodies after treatment in an urgent-care setting.Closed case records from the files of the Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Company involving claims of retained foreign body were reviewed for a 7-year period.Thirty-two patients filed 54 claims against 32 ...
C W, Kaiser, T, Slowick, K P, Spurling, S, Friedman   +3 more
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Retained Foreign Body

Journal of Patient Safety, 2015
Retained foreign bodies remain an area of potential patient harm. This case describes a retained needle from distant surgery discovered at the time of the needle count after myomectomy.
Lauren, O'Brien, Kathleen M, Eyster, Keith A, Hansen   +2 more
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Retained foreign bodies in the vagina

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2003
Vaginal foreign bodies are very rarely seen in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology. They are inserted for sexual stimulation by the woman or her partners in most of cases when they are drunk. Different objects cause various degrees of damage. We present three unusual cases of retained vaginal foreign bodies and review the literature.
A N, Shah, K S, Olah, R, Jackson
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A Retained Intraretinal Foreign Body

Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina, 1996
Abstract. A patient with an 11-mm retained intraretinal foreign body is described. Absence of any history of trauma or foreign body entry with no obvious wound of entry and little damage to the ocular structures makes this case unusual. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1996;27:885-887.]
R, Arora, A, Gupta, S, Mazumdar, A K, Gupta   +3 more
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Retained Foreign Bodies After Surgery

Journal of Surgical Research, 2006
Medical errors during surgery are not well studied. To define risk factors associated with this type of error, we performed a case control analysis.We retrospectively reviewed medical records involving the ICD-9 code (998.4) for unintentional foreign object remaining in the body during surgery and incident reports gathered by the Department of Risk ...
Amy E, Lincourt, Andrew, Harrell, Joseph, Cristiano, Cathy, Sechrist, Kent, Kercher, B Todd, Heniford   +5 more
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Retained Intraorbital Metallic Foreign Bodies

Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 2004
To document the biological tolerance of retained metallic orbital foreign bodies managed with conservative treatment.A retrospective chart review of 43 patients treated between 1987 and 1993 with retained intraorbital metallic foreign bodies was performed.
Viet H, Ho, Matthew W, Wilson, James C, Fleming, Barrett G, Haik   +3 more
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Retained Foreign Body After Adjustable Gastric Band Removal: a Case Series

Obesity Surgery, 2017
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) has weight loss and associated obesity-related disease benefits. Well-recognised LABG complications lead to a higher re-operation rate when compared to other obesity surgeries and therefore potential for ...
Cattanach, Daniel, Teague, Benjamin, Daniel Cattanach, Benjamin Teague   +3 more
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Retained esophageal foreign bodies in children

Pediatric Surgery International, 1996
Foreign-body (FB) ingestion is common in children. Retained FBs in the esophagus can produce serious complications. We report five children with retained esophageal FBs: one presented with massive hematemesis due to an esophago-carotid fistula and the others had FB impaction above esophageal strictures.
B, Ravi Shankar, S K, Yachha, B C, Sharma, B, Singh, T S, Mahant, V K, Kapoor   +5 more
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