title: A hard object in the right iliac fossa.
abstract: An unusual case of a Harrington rod migrating out of the abdominal cavity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fitchett
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: McKain
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Stephenson
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001858:Bone Nails; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000601:surgery; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation*