Surgical Removal of Migrated Broken Sternal Wire Using Endoscopic Assistance.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.05.030.
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Abstract
Patients undergoing sternotomy routinely undergo sternal closure with stainless steel wires. Occasionally these wires can fracture, although normally this presents no concern as the broken wire remains fixed and is not problematic. We report a case of a segment of a broken sternal wire that migrated through the pericardium onto the right ventricular. It was removed with a minimally invasive approach with endoscopic assistance.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Wires
- Device Removal
- Endoscopy
- Foreign-Body Migration
- Heart Injuries
- Heart Ventricles
- Pericardium