Putting a pharma fridge magnet to good use
16th June 2016
PROFESSIONAL lateral thinker and GP Dr Andrew Montanari of Tamworth, NSW, makes full use of those esoteric plastic offerings from pharmaceutical companies.

A man presented with metal fragments in his knee, months after hammering steel, and Dr Montanari was about the refer him for subcutaneous foreign body removal under x-ray guidance.
But inspiration intervened and instead, he reached towards the vaccine fridge to grab a pharmaceutically branded fridge magnet.
The magnet tented the skin nicely and guided exactly the subsequent point of incision.