Reports Of Successful Removal Research Articles

Embolization of caval umbrella: Discussion and report of successful removal from the right ventricle

The first case of successful diagnosis and operative removal of a vena caval umbrella which had become detached and migrated to the right ventricle is reported. Complications from the employment of this device are discussed. In all cases of umbrella embolization to the right heart and pulmonary arterial tree, immediate operative removal is indicated. Precautions regarding umbrella insertion which minimize the likelihood of dislodgment and embolization are also mentioned.

Mediastinal teratoma in infancy: Report of Successful Removal From Premature Infant and Review of Literature

Mediastinal teratoma in infancy: Report of Successful Removal From Premature Infant and Review of Literature

Open safety pin in the esophagus of a septuagenarian; report of successful removal with a magnet.

THE INFANTILE propensity to put things in the mouth, especially open safety pins, has long been recognized, and much has been written of the importance of prompt removal of the pin and of various methods of retrieving it. Once a person is past the diaper age, however, the safety pin is not so much in evidence, and one is apt to forget that even elderly persons, who should know better, put them into their mouths and sometimes swallow them. A closed safety pin is of no consequence, and it may safely be counted on to pass uneventfully through the viae naturales. A probable explanation of the way in which elderly people swallow such a pin is that, since they wear upper dentures, the sensitiveness of their natural teeth to foreign bodies is gone and the sensation of the hard palate is masked by the plate. The technique of removing a