title: Radiographic appearances of uncommon paediatric implants and devices.
abstract: As childhood survival of chronic illness improves, long-term implanted devices will be encountered more frequently in routine radiology. In our paediatric tertiary referral hospital, we have come across several types of implanted devices that were not confidently recognised or identified by front-line staff and were often only identified by discussion with the patient, family or clinical team. This pictorial review highlights the appearance of nonvascular devices on paediatric radiographs in order to help clinicians identify the most frequent complications and to improve awareness of these important devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK.
authors.forename: Arlen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urquia
authors.forename: Tom A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Owen J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Arthurs
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants