Complications related to medical devices of the abdomen and pelvis: pictorial essay.

A variety of medical devices are used to monitor or treat abdominal and pelvic diseases. They are routinely recognized on abdominal radiographs and computed tomography (CT), and complications associated with their use are not uncommon. The complications associated with the use of the medical devices are migration, malposition and fracture, which can be easily recognized on abdominal radiographs. Additional potential complications include bleeding, obstruction, infection and organ injury, which may be detected on CT. Therefore, awareness of these complications and familiarity with their imaging findings are important aspects of the management of patients with medical devices. The aim of this pictorial review is to demonstrate the abdominal radiography and CT features of potential complications associated with the use of medical devices.