Intrapericardial migration of dislodged sternal struts as late complication of open pectus excavatum repairs

ABSTRACT: We present a case of sternal steel strut dislodgement and migration in a patient undergoing Ravitch repair for pectus excavatum (PE) 37 years ago. Broken struts perforated the right ventricle and right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) and additionally migrated into the left upper lobar bro...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Ruoyu, Hagl, Christian, Bobylev, Dmitry, Breymann, Thomas, Schmitto, Jan D, Haverich, Axel, Krüger, Marcus
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3083343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-40

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