Intrapericardial migration of dislodged sternal struts as late complication of open pectus excavatum repairs

ABSTRACT: We present a case of sternal steel strut dislodgement and migration in a patient undergoing Ravitch repair for pectus excavatum (PE) 37 years ago. Broken struts perforated the right ventricle and right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) and additionally migrated into the left upper lobar bro...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Ruoyu, Hagl, Christian, Bobylev, Dmitry, Breymann, Thomas, Schmitto, Jan D, Haverich, Axel, Krüger, Marcus
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3083343/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450066
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-40
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