title: Fractured surgical instruments located using radiographs of the suction bottle.
abstract: This paper describes the use of radiographs of suction bottle receptacles for locating elusive fragments of surgical instruments that have fractured per-operatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bristol Dental Hospital, University of Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fyfe
mesh_terms: D003748:Dental Equipment / Q000009:adverse effects; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*