Erosion of the Nuss bar into the internal mammary artery 4 months after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum
| Autor: | John J. Meehan, Laura A. Adam, John L. Lawrence |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Adult
Male Reoperation Chest Pain medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Nuss procedure Risk Assessment Pectus excavatum Cardiac Perforation medicine Humans Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Mammary Arteries business.industry Thoracoscopy Acute bleed Angiography Thrombosis Prostheses and Implants General Medicine medicine.disease Hemothorax Embolization Therapeutic Surgery Treatment Outcome Funnel Chest Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Mammary artery Equipment Failure Radiography Thoracic business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 43:394-397 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3468 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.10.002 |
| Popis: | The minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum has become increasingly popular. Life-threatening complications have included bleeding and cardiac perforation. There have been a number of delayed cases of bleeding, many of which never demonstrated a clear source. We present a case of a delayed acute bleed from the Nuss bar eroding into the internal mammary artery 4 months after bar placement. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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