Migration of a broken scalpel into the heart after spine surgery

作者：De Praetere Herbert; Vanden Eycken Caroline; Meuris Bart; Herijgers Paul^*

来源：Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2014, 18(4): 527-529.

DOI：10.1093/icvts/ivt553

• Foreign body
• Iatrogenic
• Off-pump surgery

Iatrogenic vascular problems during posterior lumbar interbody fusion are a rare entity. Migration of a broken scalpel towards the heart has, to our knowledge, never been reported. We present the successful surgical retrieval of a broken scalpel from the heart after posterior lumbar interbody fusion without the use of a cardiopulmonary bypass.

• 出版日期2014-4
• 单位KU Leuven