Open AccessLaparoscopic removal of a needle from the pancreas
Author(s) -
Amit Jain,
Hirdaya Hulas Nag,
Neha Goel,
Nikhil Gupta,
Anil Agarwal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.110968
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreas , fish bone , duodenum , foreign body , foreign body ingestion , surgery , stomach , foreign bodies , anus , anatomy , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , biology
Foreign bodies inside the pancreas are rare and usually occur after the ingestion of sharp objects like fish bone, sewing needle and toothpick. Most of the ingested foreign bodies pass spontaneously through the anus without being noticed but about 1% of them can perforate through the wall of stomach or duodenum to reach solid organs like pancreas or liver. Once inside the pancreas they can produce complications like abscess, pseudoaneurysm or pancreatits. Foreign bodies of pancreas should be removed by endoscopic or surgical methods. We hereby report our experience of successful removal one a sewing needle from pancreas.