title: Image-guided removal of foreign bodies.
abstract: Foreign bodies are common in the head and face. We investigated the use of image-guided navigation systems for the removal of foreign bodies in 10 patients between 1998 and 2004. In all cases foreign bodies were retrieved. There were no major complications. Image-guided removal of foreign bodies is safe and valuable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. georg.eggers@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eggers
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haag
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hassfeld
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003729:Dental Care / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008297:Male; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010781:Photography / Q000295:instrumentation; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot