American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 763-768, November 2006

Do we really need plain and soft-tissue radiographies to detect radiolucent foreign bodies in the ED?

This article was presented as a poster in the Third Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress, September 1-5, 2005, Nice, France.

  • Ibrahim Turkcuer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Inciralti, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
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  • Ridvan Atilla, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Inciralti, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 232 412 27 02; fax: +90 232 259 97 23.
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  • Hakan Topacoglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Inciralti, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
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  • Sedat Yanturali, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Inciralti, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
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  • Selahattin Kiyan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Inciralti, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
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  • Neslihan Kabakci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Inciralti, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
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  • Seyran Bozkurt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Inciralti, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
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  • Arif Alper Cevik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Osmangazi University Hospital, 26480 Eskisehir, Turkey

Received 27 January 2006; received in revised form 28 February 2006; accepted 16 March 2006.

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PII: S0735-6757(06)00100-8

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2006.03.013

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 763-768, November 2006

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