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Case report: surgical removal of a migrated needle in right ventricle of an intravenous drug user
BACKGROUND: Illicit drug use has become an increasing public health and social concern in the past decades worldwide. Intravenous injection has an elevated risk of infection. Needle embolism is a rare complication of intravenous drug users, Retained broken needles can lead to local complications, su...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5721468/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29216882 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13011-017-0134-1 |