Traumatic Bilateral Pneumothoraces due to Sternal Wire Migration.
Sternal wound complications after cardiac surgery are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Wire migrations associated with sternal dehiscence can lead to catastrophic haemorrhage unless intervened in time. We present a case of sternal wire migration causing bilateral pneumothoraces.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.
Umar
U
Imran Hamid
Scott
S
Gillespie
Colum
C
Lynchehaun
Haralabos
H
Parissis