Migração de fio de Kirschner transfixando artéria aorta torácica ascendente
2011; Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery; Volume: 26; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5935/1678-9741.20110033
ISSN1678-9741
AutoresDanilo Félix Daud, Marcos Menezes Freitas de Campos,
Tópico(s)Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
ResumoThe orthopedic metallic pins and wires migration for the chest cavity is uncommon and rarely reported in medical literature although it is potentially lethal, especially when they reach the heart or mediastinum great vessels. We reported a case of Kirschner wire withdrawal, for right postero-lateral thoracotomy, which were transfixating ascendent thoracic aorta artery, in its due to its migration of left clavicle, where it was placed to fix an occurred fracture 10 years before.
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