Removal of Kirschner Wire That Migrated from the Pelvic Bone into the Right Ventricle of the Heart

A sixty-year-old man was admitted due to chest pain. He had a history of pelvic bone fracture fixation with Kirschner wire about 20 years earlier. On examination, we detected a Kirschner wire that had migrated into the right ventricle. Without cardiopulmonary bypass, we removed the migrating Kirschn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kim, Ji Eon, Jung, Sung-Ho, Cho, Won-Chul, Byun, Joung-Hun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22263162
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.3.250
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Sumario:A sixty-year-old man was admitted due to chest pain. He had a history of pelvic bone fracture fixation with Kirschner wire about 20 years earlier. On examination, we detected a Kirschner wire that had migrated into the right ventricle. Without cardiopulmonary bypass, we removed the migrating Kirschner wire via median sternotomy. The patient recovered without complications and was discharged on the 5th postoperative day.

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