1. Asymptomatic Spinal Canal Migration of Clavicular K-Wire at the Cervicothoracic Junction
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Sorin Aldea, Philippe Puyo, Stephan Gaillard, P. Scarone, Jean-François Lepeintre, and Saad Bennis
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Asymptomatic ,Thoracic Vertebrae ,Foreign-Body Migration ,Surgical removal ,Clavicular fractures ,Cervicothoracic junction ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Spinal canal ,Spinal injury ,Distal locations ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,Clavicle ,Surgery ,Radiography ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Cervical Vertebrae ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Spinal Canal ,After treatment ,Bone Wires - Abstract
Unstable clavicular fractures can be treated surgically with pins and wires or with plates. The migration of metallic devices such as Kirschner wires (K-wires) from the shoulder to a variety of anatomical proximal and distal locations is well documented. Spinal migration, however, is rare and is normally associated with severe spinal injury. This article presents the case of a man who presented with cervicothoracic migration of a K-wire after treatment of a clavicular fracture sustained during a sports accident. The distinctive feature in this case, when compared to the existing literature, is its fortuitous detection by imaging studies and its surgical removal without neurological sequelae.
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- 2008
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