Grill Brush Bristle Case Series: Three Unique Presentations of Ingested Foreign Bodies.

BACKGROUND Much of the medical literature regarding injury from the ingestion of wire bristles from grill brushes has been published only in the last decade. Grill brushes are often used to clean grills, and small wire bristles may break off of the brush during the scrubbing process and subsequently become embedded into food and are accidently ingested. Fewer reports have been published on abdominal presentations with injuries past the gastroesophageal sphincter, yet perforation and subsequent need for operative management has been shown to be more prevalent in these types of cases.

Incidence of general surgical procedures in adult patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Purpose: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use may predispose patients to developing conditions that require either consultation with a general surgeon or a general surgical procedure. We aimed to evaluate the incidence and outcomes of adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients who underwent general surgical procedure.

Methods: This was a single institution retrospective study of adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients from 2012 to 2015.