Near-fatal bleeding after transmyocardial ventricle lesion during removal of the pectus bar after the Nuss procedure

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1240-1241

  Haecker, Frank Martin ^a   Berberich, Tobias ^a   Mayr, Johannes ^a   Gambazzi, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORATION; HUMAN; NUSS BAR; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TRANSMYOCARDIAL VENTRICLE LESION;

FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART INJURIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOSCOPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049131575     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.027     Document Type: Article

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