Table 1 Cases of pectus bar or stabilising wire migration.
From: Intra-abdominal pectus bar migration – a rare clinical entity: case report
Author | Procedure | Presentation Time | Migration Site | Foreign Material | Mechanism | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elami et el.[4] 1991 | Lieberman Procedure | 24 months | Right Atrium | Metallic Bar | Bar Fracture | Removed at sternotomy |
McWilliams et al.[6] 1992 | Ravitch Type | 48 months | Right Costophrenic Angle | Stabilising Wire | Unknown | Removed at thoracotomy |
Dalrymple-Hay et al.[7] 1997 | Ravitch Type | 9 months | Left Ventricle | Ravitch Bar | Unknown | Removed at sternotomy |
Stefani et al.[8] 1998 | Lodi Procedure | 3 months | Peritoneum | Kirschner Wire (used as a Bar) | Unknown | Removed at Video Laparoscopy |
Onursal et al.[5] 1999 | Ravitch Type | 48 months | Right Ventricle | Ravitch Bar | Bar Fracture | Removed at thoracotomy |
Kanegaonkar et al.[9] 2001 | Ravitch Type | 14 months | Deep to the Sixth Rib | Ravitch Bar | Unknown | Removed at Video Thoracoscopy |
Kanegaonkar et al.[9] 2001 | Ravitch Type | 10 months | Thoracic Cavity | Ravitch Bar | Unknown | Removed at Video Thoracoscopy |
Barakat et al.[10] 2004 | Morgan Procedure | 24 months | Right Ventricular Epicardium | Sternal Wire | Broken Wire | Removed at sternotomy |
Hoel at al.[11] 2006 | Nuss Procedure | 2 months | Ascending Aorta | Nuss Bar | Unknown | Removed at sternotomy |
Morimoto et al.[12] 2007 | Nuss Procedure | 36 months | Ossified rib tissue | Nuss Bar | Unknown | Mini-thoracotomy at insertion site |
Morimoto et al.[12] 2007 | Nuss Procedure | 36 months | Into underlying rib | Nuss Bar | Unknown | Mini-thoracotomy at insertion site |
Morimoto et al.[12] 2007 | Nuss Procedure | 36 months | Underneath underlying rib | Nuss Bar | Unknown | Mini-thoracotomy at insertion site |
Tahmassebi et al. 2008 (This case) | Ravitch Type | 29 months | Bare area of Liver | Ravitch Bar | Unknown | Removed at Video Thoracoscopy |