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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:550-551
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Delayed presentation of foreign body reaction secondary to retained pacing wires

Darryl A. Chung, FRCSa, Edward E.J. Smith, FRCSa

a Department of Surgery, St. George’s Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom

Accepted for publication February 18, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Mr Chung, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich NR1 3SR, England

Temporary pacing wires are often left behind, assumed not to cause problems. We present 2 cases of delayed presentation of anterior mediastinal foreign body reaction secondary to retained pacing wires after coronary operations performed more than 5 years previously.






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