Wearing dentures and using toothpicks are risk factors for foreign body-related hepatic abscess

J Formos Med Assoc. 2015 Sep;114(9):891-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.12.006. Epub 2013 Feb 21.

Authors

Mu-Song Pan¹, Yu-Feng Tian¹, Ding-Ping Sun¹, Wen-Ching Wang²

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26318498
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.12.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Dentures*
Female
Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
Foreign Bodies / therapy*
Hepatectomy
Humans
Liver Abscess / etiology*
Liver Abscess / surgery*
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed