Surgical removal of an intracardiac sewing needle in a 13-month-old Chinese girl: report of a case

Sewing needles, albeit rare in the case of penetrating cardiac injury, are highly lethal; especially in children, because the injury is difficult to diagnose and treat. We herein present the case of a 13-month-old girl who was injured by a sewing needle inserted in the myocardium; it is the first re...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International surgery 2015-03, Vol.100 (3), p.510-513
Hauptverfasser:	Dong, Xiangyang, Zhai, Bo, Li, Wenjing, Cui, Yazhou, Chen, Zhenliang, Wang, Penggao
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	China Female Foreign-Body Migration - diagnosis Foreign-Body Migration - surgery Heart Injuries - diagnosis Heart Injuries - surgery Heart Ventricles - injuries Heart Ventricles - surgery Humans Infant Needles - adverse effects Pediatric Surgery Wounds, Penetrating - diagnosis Wounds, Penetrating - surgery
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