title: Thoracoscopic removal of a transesophageal ingested mediastinal foreign body.
abstract: Transesophageal migration of a foreign body into the mediastinum in human adults is rare. This event can result in life-threatening situations and is associated with a high mortality rate. Only a few case reports of thoracoscopic removal of a foreign body in adults have been published so far. The authors describe the case of a successfully performed thoracoscopic approach to remove an ingested needle from the mediastinum posterior of a 69-year-old patient. The authors are discussing why, in similar cases, removal of the foreign body should be performed and they describe the preliminary conditions for this method. A video file is attached.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sana Klinikum Lichtenberg, Fanningerstrasse 32, 10365 Berlin, Germany. o.rueckbeil@web.de
authors.forename: Oskar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rückbeil
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burghardt
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gellert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum; D009339:Needles; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome