Cardiac arrhythmia caused by a kirschner wire inside the heart: An unusual complication of finger osteosynthesis

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume)

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 402-404

  Haapaniemi, T A T ^a   Hermansson, U S ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY;

BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HEART INJURIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030860604     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80412-3     Document Type: Article

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