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CC BY-NC 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2021; 48(04): 392-394
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2021.00178
Hand/Peripheral Nerve
Case Report

Impaction of a continuous glucose monitoring sensor

Kyong Chan Park 
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea
,
Hwan Jun Choi 
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
› InstitutsangabenGefördert durch: This work was supported by the Soonchunhyang University Research Fund.
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A 33-year-old man presented to the plastic surgery department for foreign body removal 1 month after the insertion of a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensor (Dexcom G5) in the left upper arm. The patient had used the CGM system for 5 years, and the insertion was done in the usual manner. The entire sensor wire was visible on simple radiography and ultrasonography. In the operating room, and the sensor wire was identified in the intermuscular septum and removed. No foreign body reaction or inflammatory signs were found around the CGM, and the extracted wire measured 2.5 cm. Thus, it was assumed that the whole sensor wire was detached from the transmitter, not fractured. No remnant foreign body was observed on follow-up simple radiography.

Keywords

Biosensor - Home blood glucose monitoring - Foreign bodies


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Eingereicht: 20. Januar 2021

Angenommen: 04. Mai 2021

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
21. März 2022

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