Hook, line, and sinker: hook wire localization of a retained suture needle in the perineum

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2014 Sep;25(9):1479-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.02.023.

Authors

Maureen P Kohi¹, David M Naeger¹, Melinda J Lorenson², Andrew G Taylor¹, K Pallav Kolli¹, Nicholas Fidelman¹, Robert K Kerlan Jr¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-361, San Francisco, CA 94143.
² Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-361, San Francisco, CA 94143.

PMID: 25150906
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.02.023

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Device Removal / methods*
Female
Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
Foreign Bodies / surgery*
Humans
Needles*
Obstetric Labor Complications / diagnosis
Obstetric Labor Complications / surgery*
Perineum / diagnostic imaging
Perineum / surgery*
Pregnancy
Radiography, Interventional
Suture Techniques / instrumentation*
Tomography, Spiral Computed
Treatment Outcome