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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Chronic unilateral groin pain in a young patient who injects drugs: a case report of needle fragment retentions.

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2022 May 13


Addict Sci Clin Pract


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35562787?dopt=Abstract


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Chronic unilateral groin pain in a young patient who injects drugs: a case report of needle fragment retentions.

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Chronic unilateral groin pain in a young patient who injects drugs: a case report of needle fragment retentions.
Laukkala H, Arponen O, Murto MO, Nevalainen O P
Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2022 May 13; 17(1):27.
PMID: 35562787.

Abstract

Subcutaneously retained needle fragments in people who inject drugs (PWIDs) are a possible cause of local symptoms, most commonly pain and infections. It remains unknown how common retained needle fragments are among PWIDs.
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