Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with sudden trouble breathing from chest wire treated by keyhole
By Grand, Jean-Guillaume & Bureau, Stéphane Claude·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2011·Surigical Referral Center Clinique Vé, France·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pneumothorax induced by migration of a K-wire to the chest.
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Plain-English summary
A 2-year-old female English Setter was brought in for sudden breathing problems (dyspnea). She had previously undergone surgery for a back injury 15 months earlier, and chest X-rays showed a collapsed lung (pneumothorax) caused by a Kirschner wire that had moved from her spine into her chest. The vet performed a quick, minimally invasive surgery to remove the wire, and the procedure took only 27 minutes. The dog recovered well and went home three days later.
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Abstract
A 2 yr old female English setter dog was admitted for acute dyspnea. The dog underwent treatment of a T9T10 thoracic vertebral fracture subluxation at the authors' institution 15 mo earlier. Upon admission, a chest X-ray revealed a pneumothorax and a metallic foreign body in the left hemithorax. An emergency video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was successfully performed to remove a 4.6-mm long Kirschner wire that migrated from the thoracic vertebral column to the thoracic cavity. The operating time was 27 min. The dog made an uneventful recovery and was discharged on the third day after surgery. Pneumothorax should be considered in patients that develop acute dyspnea and have a history of wire fixation in the thoracic vertebral column. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is a safe and effective treatment of this condition.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21673336/