Kirschner wire migration from the right second rib to the right ventricle： a case report

作     者：WANG Song BAO Zheng LUO Ling-fu 

作者机构：Department of Thoracic Surgery Affiliated NanhuaHospital University of South China Hengyang 421002China Department of Cardiac Surgery Second XiangyaHospital Central South University Changsha 410011China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Traumatology》 (中华创伤杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第16卷第5期

页      面：292-294页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Bone wires Heart ventricles Rib fractures 

摘      要：Migrations of orthopedic wires to car- diovascular system are uncommon and rarely reported. We report a case of right ventricle embolization with the Kirschner wire that was used for right 2nd rib osteosynthesis 2 years and 8 months previously in a 50-year-old man. The patient was asymptomatic and migration of the Kirschner wire was discovered by routine chest X-ray. An 8 cm-long Kirschner wire was successfully retrieved from the right ventricle. The treatment strategy for Kirschner wire removal from right ventricle is discussed.