| Literature DB >> 1104779 |
K Ott, E Tarlov, R Crowell, N Papadakis.
Abstract
The authors discuss two examples of extensive migration of retained metallic foreign bodies. The potential for further neurological injury from migration, formation of neurotoxic breakdown products, and the danger of infection are factors to be assessed when considering the removal of retained intracranial metallic foreign bodies.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 1104779 DOI: 10.3171/jns.1976.44.1.0080
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurosurg ISSN: 0022-3085 Impact factor: 5.115