title: [Removal of mediastinal foreign body (steel shot) using mediastinoscopy: case report].
abstract: Morbidity and mortality is high in patients with gunshot wounds to the chest. Only in rare cases do foreign bodies persist in the thorax without significant pathology. At this study, we present a case in which steel shot was removed through the mediastinum using mediastinoscopy due to the risk of tracheal fistula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ağrı State Hospital, Ağrı, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bayram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Metin
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tözüm
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ağrı State Hospital, Ağrı, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008481:Mediastinoscopy; D013232:Steel; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D013232:Steel