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, ...

BACKGROUND Ocular siderosis is a clinical condition induced by deposition of an iron-containing intraocular foreign body. We report a unique case of histopathologically proven lens siderosis in a young woman with a preceding history of trauma but no signs of retained intraocular foreign body. CASE PRESENTATION A 32-year-old woman presented with an opacified lens showing brownish deposits on t...

The management of hemodynamically normal patients with retained intra-pericardial foreign body remains a matter of conjecture. The available literature supports non-operative management of such innocuous foreign bodies. We report our experience of a hemodynamically normal patient with a retained intra-pericardial pellet from a firearm injury. He initially received successful non-operative manag...

BACKGROUND Medical errors during surgery are not well studied. To define risk factors associated with this type of error, we performed a case control analysis. METHODS 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 Management over a 10 yea...

Question: What are the identifiable risk factors for retained foreign bodies in surgical patients? Design: Case–control study. Setting: A malpractice insurance agency and 10 hospitals in the state of Massachusetts from January 1, 1985 to January 1, 2001. Participants: Fifty-four patients with a total of 61 retained foreign bodies, and 235 control patients. Assessment of risk factors: Risk facto...

Penetrating orbital trauma necessitates a multidisciplinary approach because complex injuries often encompass damage to the brain, eyes, and disfigurement of face.

The presence of an embedded foreign body in the oral and maxillofacial region is not unusual, but the impaction of a foreign body with vegetative nature is rare. Prompt diagnosis and surgical removal of these foreign bodies will minimize their associated complications. This case report presents a patient with recurrent submandibular abscess and persistent facial cutaneous sinus tract caused by ...