• Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Nov 2013

    Case Reports

    [Removal of mediastinal foreign body (steel shot) using mediastinoscopy: case report].

    • Bayram Metin, Halil Tözüm, and Serkan Kaya.
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ağrı State Hospital, Ağrı, Turkey.
    • Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2013 Nov 1; 19 (6): 581-4.

    AbstractMorbidity and mortality is high in patients with gunshot wounds to the chest. Only in rare cases do foreign bodies persist in the thorax without significant pathology. At this study, we present a case in which steel shot was removed through the mediastinum using mediastinoscopy due to the risk of tracheal fistula.

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