title: [Successful cardiac surgical removal of migrated Kirschner wires used for fixation of the surgical neck of the humerus].
abstract: Dislocation and migration of two Kirschner wires were found 13 days after fixation of the surgical neck of the humerus. One of the wires was located between the lateral thoracic muscles, while the other one has perforated the apex of the heart, showing a synchronous motion with heart contractions. An anterolateral thoracotomy was performed and the wires were removed successfully.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem, Er- és Szívsebészeti Klinika, 1122 Budapest, Városmajor utca 68.
authors.forename: Tivadar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hüttl
authors.forename: Imre
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kassai
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hartyánszky
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Daróczi
authors.forename: Orsolya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Széphelyi
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szabolcs
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001864:Bone Wires; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy