Removal of an inhaled needle from the mediastinum with the aid of a metal detector

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 393-395

  Satur, Christopher M R ^a,b   Lau, Oscar J ^b  

^a Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIGRATION; NEEDLE; STERNOTOMY;

ELECTROMAGNETICS; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEEDLES;

EID: 0029901114     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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