Unusual Soft Tissue Foreign Bodies: A case series

Successful removal of foreign bodies requires adequate local or regional anesthesia and good lighting. Depending on location and depth, tourniquet control of bleeding and assistance may be needed. Depth and accessibility of the object and physician time are the limiting factors for removal of foreign bodies by the emergency physician. Foreign bodies buried deeply in adipose tissue or muscles are difficult to locate.1st case was a male with foreign body in lower extremities soft tissue. 2nd case was a female with foreign body in left midfoot. 3rd was a male with foreign body in right thumb.

The techniques for soft tissue foreign body removal are based on clinical experience; there are no controlled or randomized studies comparing different approaches or techniques.