conclusions ultrasound is recommended as the first choice when fb is located within the superficial soft tissues with no bone around it. in case of penetration of fb into deeper tissues or beneath bone, ct or cbct are recommended. otherwise, considering lower dose, cbct is preferred over ct. we can use mri if the fb is not ferromagnetic. however, ct is the first choice in emergency situations b...

INTRODUCTION Gossypiboma (foreign body granuloma) in the tooth socket as a complication of tooth removal is rare. Several cases of gossypiboma have been reported after orthopedic, abdominal, otorhinolaryngology, or plastic surgery, but there has been only one reported case after oral surgery. CASE PRESENTATION A 42-year-old Caucasian German-speaking Swiss woman applied to our clinic for remov...

rarer. Retained artery forceps remain inert and induce their effects through mechanical means giving rise to pressure effects resulting in abdominal pain or direct tissue/viscous injury leading to tissue strangulation or perforation of viscous leading to for example peritonitis or vascular injury resulting in hemorrhage [1]. The clinical presentation of retained intra-abdominal foreign material...

Retained surgical sponge or gossypiboma is a term used to describe retained swab in the body after operation. There are different materials that can be left abdomen during operation such as sponge, artery forceps, scissors, and pieces of broken instrument. Mop most commonly foreign body. Inadvertent retention often requires another operation, increasing morbidity mortality these patients. Despi...

A CONSIDERABLE literature has accumulated upon the subject of retained intra-ocular foreign body, with arguments extolling the virtues of the anterior route method of extraction over the posterior route and vice versa. Various authors have attempted to formulate precise indications for one or other method which in principle have amounted to anterior removal of the smaller foreign bodies and pos...

Foreign body is among complications of surgery. But as a complication of varicose vein surgery it was reported extremely rarely and, to our knowledge, there is only one paper in the literature. A case with retained sponge which was detected five months after varicose vein surgery was presented.