Incidental findings of Susuk in Orthopaedic patients

ABSTRACT

The insertion of ‘susuk’ or charm needles is a practice common in Southeast Asia. It is a form of metallic talisman inserted subcutaneously in different parts of the body. This case report describes three patients (an 85-year-old Chinese man, a 53-year-old Malaysian woman and a 74-year-old Chinese woman) who were evaluated for knee and low back pain and were incidentally to have charm needles on their radiographs. None of these patients complained of any problem related to these charm needles.