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Laparoscopic Anatomical Liver Segment VII Resection with Liver Parenchymal Transection Following a Priority Approach
Published on: May 23, 2025
To remove or not remove...asymptomatic sewing needle within hepatic right lobe in an infant
Francisco Saitua1, Silvana Acosta, Gloria Soto
1Hospital Padre Hurtado, Santiago, Chile. fjsaitua@hotmail.com
Pediatric Emergency Care
|July 17, 2009
Abstract
Purpose/Background:
The ingestion or accidental insertion of foreign bodies is extremely rare before 6 months of age. We report the case of a 3-month-old infant with a sewing needle into the right hepatic lobe, without symptoms. The extraction was performed through laparotomy. The issue is revisited, and the decision making tree is discussed.

