Case: Unusual Migration of Osteosynthetic Material

Habal, Petr; Málek, Václav; Novotný, Josef

doi:10.14712/18059694.2018.30

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Acta Med. 2005, 48: 49-52

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.30

Case: Unusual Migration of Osteosynthetic Material

Petr Habal^a, Václav Málek^b, Josef Novotný^c

^aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Cardiosurgery, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
^bCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Neurosurgery, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
^cCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Radiology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received November 1, 2004
Accepted January 1, 2005

The authors present a rare and unusual case of complication, migration of osteosynthetic material for stabilization, titanium rod, which was used for stabilization of comminutive fracture of the first lumbar vertebra. This rod migrated from the retroperitoneal space to the pleural cavity. The removal of this rod was carried out by videothoracoscopy.