Migration of surgical sponge retained at mediastinoscopy into the trachea

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 637-640

  Haddad, Rui ^a,b   Judice, Luiz Felippe ^a   Chibante, Antônio ^a   Ferraz, Denis ^a  

^a Fed Univ R

^b RJ 22260 020 Brazil ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complication; Foreign body; Mediastinoscopy; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL SPONGE; THORAX SURGERY; TRACHEA;

EID: 9644259206     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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