•Self-insertion of foreign bodies for sexual gratification is on the rise.•The consequences of foreign bodies insertion can be life-threatening.•Insertion sites of foreign bodies can be difficult to visualize depending on location.•Difficult extractions can be performed in the operating room by a specialist.•Intra-operative ultrasound can help in extracting foreign bodies.

We report a case of a 32 year-old male with cataract in the right eye who has a history of explosive industrial accidents 25 years ago. Foreign body reflection was seen into the old conjunctival scar with slit-lamb examination. Metallic foreign body was expolored and surgically removed from the sclera. One month later, the patient underwent an uneventful cataract surgery in the right eye. This ...

An impacted esophageal foreign body is most often an urgent, rather than a life-threatening, medical situation. Pharmacologic or mechanical methods can be used to relieve the impaction, depending on the patient, as well as the location and physical properties of the foreign body. Flexible fiberoptic esophagoscopy is the accepted standard of care for removal of an object that is not smooth, radi...

Foreign material usually gains access to the interior of the eye as a result of a perforating injury and a very wide variety of intraocular objects has been recorded, the commonest being iron or steel tool fragments which make up approximately go per cent. of the total (Duke-Elder, I954). Accidental introduction by the surgeon during any intraocular operation is always possible and it is perhap...

Rectal foreign bodies present a difficult diagnostic and management dilemma because of delayed presentation, a variety of objects, and a wide spectrum of injuries. An orderly approach to the diagnosis, management, and post-extraction evaluation of the patient with a rectal foreign body is essential. This article outlines and describes the stepwise evaluation and management of the patient with a...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate the cause, diagnosis, and management of intravesical foreign bodies in patients treated at our hospital and to review and update management of intravesical foreign bodies reported in the current literature. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixteen patients had been treated for intravesical foreign bodies at Nishtar Medical College Hospital, Multan, Paki...

plate, and by reproducing mechanically, by means of silk threads, the course of the rays, he is enabled to exactly localise in the three dimensions of space, the position of the foreign body. Some further details of this method were now given. The only objection to this process is that it is lengthy and that the apparatus is expensive?a set costing about ? I o, I os. There is, however, a much s...

The presence of foreign bodies in mushrooms affects their marketability and may result in health risks to consumers. The inspection of fresh or dried mushrooms today is very important in view of the increased consumption of this kind of food. Ten samples of dried mushrooms collected in supermarkets were examined for evidence of entomological contamination by macro and microscopic analytical met...

PURPOSE The intraorbital wooden foreign body is often misdiagnosed or missed on computed tomog- raphy (CT) scan, due to the invisible or unclear images. The residual foreign bodies often occur during surgical removal. The clinical manifestations, imaging features and treatment of intraorbital wooden foreign bodies were discussed in this study. METHOD We retrospectively analyzed 14 cases of in...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Impaction of foreign bodies in the soft tissues is a sequela of traumatic and penetrating injuries. Such foreign bodies should be removed due to the complications they cause. Patient's history, clinical evaluation and imaging examinations aid in the proper detection and localization of the foreign bodies. PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to compare the sensiti...