title: Removal of a toothpick penetrated into foot by Er:YAG laser ablation.
abstract: Although rare, foot injuries caused by toothpicks can result in serious complications such as severe pain, local inflammation and infection in several days, and a delayed granulamatous foreign-body reaction in weeks or months. For this reason they should be removed from the tissue in the early phase. Here, we report case of penetration injury caused by a toothpick treated using Er: YAG laser ablation.
authors: a Department of Dermatology , Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital , Şişli, Istanbul , Turkey.
authors: Şule
authors: Ş
authors: Güngör
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male
keywords: lasers and light sources; surgery