Foreign body extraction from soft tissue by using CT and fluoroscopic guidance: a new technique.
Eur Radiol
; 20(1): 190-2, 2010 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19588150
ABSTRACT
We report on a new minimally invasive technique for the retrieval of a surgical pin fragment after accidental migration into the soft tissue of the shoulder in two patients. The technique is performed under local anaesthesia and uses combined CT and fluoroscopic guidance. The materials used were simple, combining a bone biopsy needle and an endoscopy clamp. Pin displacement was confirmed under fluoroscopic guidance and the clamp was used to withdraw the pin to the cutaneous entry point under CT (step-by-step) guidance. The CT slices provide perfect visualisation of the vascular or nervous structures as well as perfect positioning of the extremity of the trocar relative to the material to be removed. This intervention avoids a second surgical intervention with a longer incision and avoided repeated general anaesthesia.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Fluoroscopy
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Radiography, Interventional
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Connective Tissue
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Surgery, Computer-Assisted
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Foreign Bodies
Type of study:
Guideline
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur Radiol
Journal subject:
RADIOLOGIA
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France