title: Ascending aortic injury caused by a fractured sternal wire 28 years after surgical intervention of pectus excavatum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical College Hospital, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigetoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mieno
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsumata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D001864:Bone Wires / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery