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Acupuncture gone awry: a case report of a patient who required surgical removal of two single-use filament needles following acupuncture treatment.
Abstract
Acupuncture and dry needling are increasingly popular treatment modalities used to treat pain around the world. This case report documents the clinical history of a patient who presented to an outpatient physical therapy clinic following surgical removal of two single-use filament needles that fractured in the patient's neck during acupuncture treatment.