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Use of a magnet to retrieve a broken scalpel blade
R Prasad1, H C Amstutz, E A Sparling
1Joint Replacement Institute, Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA.
The Journal of Arthroplasty
|October 6, 2000
Abstract:
The retrieval of metallic foreign bodies, such as screws, drill bits, needles, and scalpel blades, from the surgical wound during orthopaedic surgery is often a time-consuming procedure. The extra time and dissection may result in increased morbidity. We report a case during a hip arthroplasty in which a broken surgical blade could not be located with surgical dissection even with the aid of an image intensifier. The broken blade finally was retrieved with the introduction of a magnet.