| Literature DB >> 24435837 |
Herbert De Praetere1, Caroline Vanden Eycken, Bart Meuris, Paul Herijgers.
Abstract
Iatrogenic vascular problems during posterior lumbar interbody fusion are a rare entity. Migration of a broken scalpel towards the heart has, to our knowledge, never been reported. We present the successful surgical retrieval of a broken scalpel from the heart after posterior lumbar interbody fusion without the use of a cardiopulmonary bypass.Keywords: Foreign body; Iatrogenic; Off-pump surgery
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24435837 PMCID: PMC4046866 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt553
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg ISSN: 1569-9285