Fractured surgical instruments located using radiographs of the suction bottle

D I Conway; E Fyfe

doi:10.1054/bjom.1998.0085

Fractured surgical instruments located using radiographs of the suction bottle

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1999 Apr;37(2):113-4. doi: 10.1054/bjom.1998.0085.

Authors

D I Conway¹, E Fyfe

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bristol Dental Hospital, University of Bristol, UK.

PMID: 10371313
DOI: 10.1054/bjom.1998.0085

Abstract

This paper describes the use of radiographs of suction bottle receptacles for locating elusive fragments of surgical instruments that have fractured per-operatively.

MeSH terms

Dental Equipment* / adverse effects
Equipment Failure
Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Radiography
Suction / instrumentation*