Tissue‐retained needles in people who inject drugs: A systematic review of case reports and series on clinical presentations, complications and management
Retained needle fragments among people who inject drugs are found in a range of anatomical sites, are often multiple, are not associated with fatal outcomes and are often incidental findings in autopsies. Management varies substantially as some patients receive antibiotics alone while some have needles removed surgically.
Authors
- Otso Arponen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8541-0126)
- Heidi Laukkala
- Anna Nevalainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2793-7517)
- Olli Nevalainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5665-229X)
- Irina Rinta‐Kiikka
- Markku Sumanen
- Samuel Heikkilä
- Sisu Kiuru
Institutions
- Tampere University (FI)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Dialyse Centrum Groningen (NL)
- Pirkanmaa Hospital District (FI)
- Tampere University Hospital (FI)
- Tampere University (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Addiction
- Published
- 2026-02-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70366
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Tampereen Yliopisto