[Localization and removal of metallic foreign bodies using LIT-2 foreign body locator].

The paper analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of devices used in medical practice to localize and remove foreign metallic bodies. To enhance the accuracy of detection and localization of foreign bodies and the efficiency of medical application of whirl-current locators, a LIT-2 model foreign body locator is presented. Cases of mutual orientation of the device transducer and foreign metallic bodies, the specific features of whirl-current diagnosis with procedures for preoperative and intraoperative localization.