Browse by Audience
MEMBER

Update Your Profile
Special Interest Groups (SIG)
Member Spotlights
IASP Connect
Join Now

RESEARCHER

PAIN
PAIN Reports
Pain Research Forum
Pain Researcher
Events

HEALTH CARE PROVIDER

Online Learning - PERC
Curricula
Graduate Opportunities
Treatment and Education Resources
Events

PATIENT & CAREGIVER

Resources for Living with Pain
Topic Pages
Free Videos
Events

PARTNER

Support IASP
Sponsor an Event
Become a Partner
Make a Donation

I am a
IASP Logo
Home I AM A Search Login

Papers of the Week

Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Challenging foreign body surgery: residual needlefish jaws.

< BACK TO ARCHIVE


2020 Oct 23


Br J Neurosurg


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33095073?dopt=Abstract

Challenging foreign body surgery: residual needlefish jaws.

Authors

Challenging foreign body surgery: residual needlefish jaws.
El Ouadih Y, Dang N P, Groza D, Thiombiano A, Khalil T, Kemeny J L, Lemaire J J
Br J Neurosurg. 2020 Oct 23:1-3.
PMID: 33095073.

Abstract

We report a case of a needlefish jaws retained near the C5-C6 joint that was associated with chronic pain and inflammation and seen confirmed by FDG-PET scan. Two unsuccessful surgeries using an anterior approach were complicated by vascular and nerve injuries. We used image-guided surgery with a posterior approach.
Read This Paper