Removal of Kirschner Wire That Migrated from the Pelvic Bone into the Right Ventricle of the Heart.
- Author:
Ji Eon KIM
1
;
Sung Ho JUNG
;
Won Chul CHO
;
Joung Hun BYUN
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea. ctsjungsh@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Kirschner pin;
Foreign body
- MeSH:
Cardiopulmonary Bypass;
Chest Pain;
Foreign Bodies;
Fracture Fixation;
Heart;
Heart Ventricles;
Humans;
Pelvic Bones;
Sternotomy
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2011;44(3):250-252
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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.
