The larger risk is with the ones that can't be removed without the possibility of causing serious damage. Some of these get embedded and the surgeons say it is like 'looking for a needle in a hay stack.'
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Dempsey, who likened the surgery to removing an acupuncture needle from a grapefruit without damaging any part of the fruit, said the number of cases across Canada isn't tracked.
Hospitals in the Halifax area are seeing at least one or two cases each week, he said, adding that many of the wires can be removed by emergency room physicians but a few "get deeper in and lower down" and require surgery.
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Over four months, she had multiple CT scans, X-rays, scopes and two unsuccessful attempts to remove it through surgery. Dempsey, who was Wadden's otolaryngologist, told her it was best to wait for scar tissue to build up around the wire and lessen the pain.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/barbec...psey-1.3741578
Easily avoided risk, just not worth it.
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