Migration of a Kirschner wire used in the fixation of a subcapital humeral fracture, causing cardiac tamponade: Case report and review of literature

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-156

  Freund, E ^a   Nachman, R ^a   Gips, H ^a,b   Hiss, J ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b National Center of Forensic Medicine   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Kirschner wire; Migration; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; PERICARDIUM;

BONE WIRES; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34547442492     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31806195a1     Document Type: Article

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