Thoracoscopic Excision of Migrated Kirschner Wire to Right Pulmonary Hilum Gildardo Cortés-Julián, MD, José M. Mier, MD, Carlos Briseño, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 100, Issue 4, Pages 1461-1463 (October 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.12.102 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Posteroanterior and lateral chest radiograph showing the localization and the superomedial to inferolateral orientation of the K-wire in the middle lobe in left and right panels. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 1461-1463DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.12.102) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Chest computed tomography, mediastinal window, three-dimensional reconstruction. The arrows show the position in the middle mediastinum and the cephalocaudal orientation of the wire going inside the lung parenchyma in left and right panels. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 1461-1463DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.12.102) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Thoracoscopic view. The introduction of the wire tip (long arrow) into the pericardial fat over the auricle (arrowhead) is shown on the left. The lung (thin arrow) and superior vena cava are shown (star). The ring clamp pulling the wire in the cephalic direction (star) is shown on the right. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 1461-1463DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.12.102) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions