Migration of a kirschner wire in the body. A case report.

Authors :: Retief PJ
Meintjes FA
Source :: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 1978 Apr 08; Vol. 53 (14), pp. 557-8.
Publication Year :: 1978
Abstract: Foreign bodies may enter the body by various ways, yet migration in the body seldom occurs. A case is described where a Kirschner wire, which had been inserted in the shoulder joint, migrated through the pleural cavity and the diaphragm, apparently by force of gravity. It was subsequently easily removed by laparotomy.

Subjects :: Adult
Humans
Male
Retroperitoneal Space
Foreign Bodies
Foreign-Body Migration
Shoulder Joint

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0256-9574
Volume :: 53
Issue :: 14
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 354040

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