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Foreign Bodies

Known as: Bodies, Foreign, foreign materials, Object, Foreign 
An occurrence where any object originating inside or outside the body is not in it's physiological or intended location. For example, a tooth or bone… Expand
National Institutes of Health

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CDISC SEND Non-Neoplastic Finding Type TerminologyChokingClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyFirst Aid
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Narrower (9)

Colonic foreign bodyForeign Body in StomachGossypibomaRetained Surgical Items
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Broader (1)

Disease as reason for upper g.i. examination

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Management of ingested foreign bodies and food impactions.
i d t i i t i t f o This is one of a series of statements discussing the use of GI endoscopy in common clinical situations. The… Expand
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Foreign body reaction to biomaterials.
The foreign body reaction composed of macrophages and foreign body giant cells is the end-stage response of the inflammatory and… Expand
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Wound healing: an overview of acute, fibrotic and delayed healing.
Acute wounds normally heal in a very orderly and efficient manner characterized by four distinct, but overlapping phases… Expand
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Silk-based biomaterials.
Silk from the silkworm, Bombyx mori, has been used as biomedical suture material for centuries. The unique mechanical properties… Expand
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Guideline for the management of ingested foreign bodies.
This is one of a series of statements discussing the utilization of gastrointestinal endoscopy in common clinical situations. The… Expand
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Does Foreign Direct Investment Accelerate Economic Growth?
This paper uses new statistical techniques and two new databases to reassess the relationship between economic growth and FDI… Expand
Review
1995
Review
1995
Management of foreign bodies of the upper gastrointestinal tract: update.
  • W. A. Webb
  • Gastrointestinal endoscopy
  • 1995
    • Corpus ID: 36029710
Management of 242 foreign bodies of the upper gastrointestinal tract are reported. Thirty-nine were in the pharynx, 181 in the… Expand
Review
1989
Review
1989
Neutrophil-activating peptide-1/interleukin 8, a novel cytokine that activates neutrophils.
Introduction Neutrophil accumulation in a tissue is characteristic of inflammation and is observed in a variety of pathological… Expand
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Review
1978
Review
1978
Foreign body in the oesophagus: Review of 2394 cases
A total of 2394 patients with a foreign body in the oesophagus was treated in our unit between 1965 and 1976, including 343… Expand
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
The Birth of the Clinic
1. Spaces and Classes 2. A Political Consciousness 3. The Free Field 4. The Old Age of the Clinic 5. The Lesson of the Hospitals… Expand
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