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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann
; 16(4): 321-3, 2008 Aug.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18670028
RESUMO
A paravertebral catheter was placed in a 34-year-old man to provide analgesia after a right upper lobectomy. On removal, the catheter broke within the chest wall. Although bedside exploration and computed tomography scanning failed to locate it, the 13-cm long retained fragment was easily retrieved by video-assisted thoracic surgery, using a single-port technique.