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Non-Intubated Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
Published on: May 26, 2023
A rare indication for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: headscarf needle aspiration
Bahil Ghanim1, Hendrik Jan Ankersmit, Helmut Prosch
1Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
Headscarf needle aspiration is a rare event, especially in Middle and Western European countries. Here, we report the case of a 37-year-old Austrian woman of Turkish origin who accidentally aspirated a turban pin. Repeated bronchoscopy was not successful in removing the aspirated foreign body, which extended past the right middle lobe to the interlobar fissure. The needle was finally removed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
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