Incidental radiological finding of charm needles in the hip region: A potential surgical precaution.

• Main Authors: Rampal , Sanjiv, Hassan, Ya Mohamad, Sikkandar, Mohamed Faizal
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: GESDAV 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24730/1/Incidental%20radiological%20finding%20of%20charm%20needles%20in%20the%20hip%20region.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24730/; http://www.gesdav.org/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

We report an unusual incidental radiographic finding of this 71 year old Malay lady who suffered a closed neck of femur fracture due a fall at home which had undergone total hip replacement at our establishment .This is one of the only papers showing incidental occurrence of susuk or charm needles i...