title: Metalloptysis: a late complication of lung volume reduction surgery.
abstract: We describe three cases where patients expectorated titanium staples many months after lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). The possible mechanisms and technical implications of this rare complication are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, England.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oey
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Waller
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D013537:Sutures