[Intrathoracic Migration of a Kirschner Wire Successfully Removed by Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery:Report of a Case]

Kyobu Geka. 2021 Jun;74(6):481-483.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 40-year-old man who had been surgically treated for the fracture of the right humerus with two Kirschner wires (K-wires) complained of chest pain and difficulty in breathing at fourth day after surgery and visited our hospital. Chest radiography revealed dislocation of the K-wire and right pneumothorax. Video-assisted thoracic surgery( VATS) was performed immediately, and the K-wire was removed safely.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Wires
  • Foreign-Body Migration* / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign-Body Migration* / surgery
  • Fractures, Bone* / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Bone* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumothorax* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumothorax* / etiology
  • Pneumothorax* / surgery
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted