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Thoracoscopic removal of an intrapulmonary foreign body in a child |
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| Authors: | Abhishek Ranjan Anjan Kumar Dhua Srinivas Maddur Devasenathipathy Kandasamy Lokesh Kashyap |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India;2. Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India;3. Department of Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India |
| Abstract: | A 9‐year‐old boy presented to our institution 6 months after falling on a needle that pierced his left chest wall. He presented to us after multiple unsuccessful attempts to have this foreign body removed at other hospitals. A thoracoscopic removal was successfully undertaken aided by fluoroscopy. This report shows how the needle's position and location were precisely defined by fluoroscopy, despite the needle being invisible on thoracoscopy. |
| Keywords: | Fluoroscopy intrapulmonary foreign body thoracoscopy |