title: Laparoscopic removal of a needle from the pancreas.
abstract: Foreign bodies inside the pancreas are rare and usually occur after the ingestion of sharp objects like fish bone, sewing needle and toothpick. Most of the ingested foreign bodies pass spontaneously through the anus without being noticed but about 1% of them can perforate through the wall of stomach or duodenum to reach solid organs like pancreas or liver. Once inside the pancreas they can produce complications like abscess, pseudoaneurysm or pancreatits. Foreign bodies of pancreas should be removed by endoscopic or surgical methods. We hereby report our experience of successful removal one a sewing needle from pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital and MAM College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Hirdaya Hulas
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Nag
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Nikhil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Anil Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
keywords: Foreign body; laparoscopy; pancreas; sewing needle