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Percutaneous ultrasound guided extraction of non-palpable soft tissue foreign bodies.

1992; BMJ; Volume: 9; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/emj.9.2.181

1472-0213

Mike Bradley, E Kadzombe, P Simms, B Eyes,

Foreign Body Medical Cases

Ultrasound is being increasingly used in the diagnosis of the soft tissue foreign body (FB), in particular for the nonradio-opaque materials which may not be visualized with conventional radiography (Fornage & Schernberg 1986). A simple technique for ultrasound guided FB extraction under local anaesthesia is described, and comment is made upon our preliminary experience and pitfalls.