Foreign Body (Bamboo Splinter of Broom Stick) in Soft Tissue

Authors

  • MA Kasem Pramanik Associate Professor , Department of Surgery, Islami Bank Medical College, Rajshahi.
  • Joydeep Bhaduri Consultant Sonologist, Medipath Diagnostic Centre, Rajshahi.
  • AM Rashid Junior Consultant, Anaesthesiology, Charghat Thana Health Complex, Charghat, Rajshahi.
  • M Nazmul Hasan Medical officer, Bangladesh Clinic, 358/2, Housing Estate, Uposhahar, Rajshahi.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/taj.v20i1.3095

Abstract

Patients with foreign bodies inside soft tissues are common in a surgeon's daily practice,. Radio-opaque foreign bodies can easily be located with radiography but radio-lucent foreign bodies cannot be located with X-ray, where Ultrasonography especially, high resolution ultrasonography can be used to locate it. Ultrasonography, being easily available, cost-effective and radiation-hazard free, can be done repeatedly for foreign bodies which move inside tissues. The presenting article describes a patient with a radio-lucent foreign body, deep inside muscle in his fore-arm and having one sharp end, was advancing inside tissues, was located with the help of Ultrasonography and was removed.  

doi: 10.3329/taj.v20i1.3095

TAJ 2007; 20(1): 67-70

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How to Cite

Pramanik, M. K., Bhaduri, J., Rashid, A., & Hasan, M. N. (2009). Foreign Body (Bamboo Splinter of Broom Stick) in Soft Tissue. TAJ: Journal of Teachers Association, 20(1), 67–70. https://doi.org/10.3329/taj.v20i1.3095

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2007)

Section

Case Reports