TY - JOUR
T1 - Imaging of Abdominal and Pelvic Surgical and Postprocedural Foreign Bodies
AU - Gayer, Gabriela
AU - Lubner, Meghan G.
AU - Bhalla, Sanjeev
AU - Pickhardt, Perry J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Every form of medical and surgical treatment, even the most trivial one, carries with it some chance of complications. This risk is usually small, and the benefit of the treatment should clearly outweigh the risk. Treatment-related complications may occur, however, presenting either soon after the intervention or remote from it. In this review, the focus is on imaging findings of surgical materials used in abdominal surgery, and of a wide array of implanted abdominal devices. The pertinent complications of these devices and of retained surgical objects are highlighted and illustrated.
AB - Every form of medical and surgical treatment, even the most trivial one, carries with it some chance of complications. This risk is usually small, and the benefit of the treatment should clearly outweigh the risk. Treatment-related complications may occur, however, presenting either soon after the intervention or remote from it. In this review, the focus is on imaging findings of surgical materials used in abdominal surgery, and of a wide array of implanted abdominal devices. The pertinent complications of these devices and of retained surgical objects are highlighted and illustrated.
KW - Computed tomography
KW - Iatrogenic complication
KW - Iatrogenic injury
KW - Implanted devices
KW - Postprocedural complications
KW - Surgical foreign bodies
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rcl.2014.05.006
DO - 10.1016/j.rcl.2014.05.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25173655
AN - SCOPUS:84908000625
SN - 0033-8389
VL - 52
SP - 991
EP - 1027
JO - Radiologic Clinics of North America
JF - Radiologic Clinics of North America
IS - 5
ER -