Traumatic Bilateral Pneumothoraces due to Sternal Wire Migration

Sternal wound complications after cardiac surgery are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Wire migrations associated with sternal dehiscence can lead to catastrophic haemorrhage unless intervened in time. We present a case of sternal wire migration causing bilateral pneumothoraces.

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Autores principales: Imran Hamid, Umar, Gillespie, Scott, Lynchehaun, Colum, Parissis, Haralabos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22685469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/438429
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author Imran Hamid, Umar
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description Sternal wound complications after cardiac surgery are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Wire migrations associated with sternal dehiscence can lead to catastrophic haemorrhage unless intervened in time. We present a case of sternal wire migration causing bilateral pneumothoraces.
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spelling pubmed-33682302012-06-08 Traumatic Bilateral Pneumothoraces due to Sternal Wire Migration Imran Hamid, Umar Gillespie, Scott Lynchehaun, Colum Parissis, Haralabos Case Rep Med Case Report Sternal wound complications after cardiac surgery are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Wire migrations associated with sternal dehiscence can lead to catastrophic haemorrhage unless intervened in time. We present a case of sternal wire migration causing bilateral pneumothoraces. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3368230/ /pubmed/22685469 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/438429 Text en Copyright © 2012 Umar Imran Hamid et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Traumatic Bilateral Pneumothoraces due to Sternal Wire Migration
title Traumatic Bilateral Pneumothoraces due to Sternal Wire Migration
title_full Traumatic Bilateral Pneumothoraces due to Sternal Wire Migration
title_fullStr Traumatic Bilateral Pneumothoraces due to Sternal Wire Migration
title_full_unstemmed Traumatic Bilateral Pneumothoraces due to Sternal Wire Migration
title_short Traumatic Bilateral Pneumothoraces due to Sternal Wire Migration
title_sort traumatic bilateral pneumothoraces due to sternal wire migration
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22685469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/438429
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