Intraoperative Kirschner Wire Migration during Robotic Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

We present the case of a 58-year-old woman who underwent a minimally invasive robotic-assisted L4-S1 instrumentation and fusion which was complicated by a Kirschner wire (K-wire) fracture and migration into the abdominal cavity necessitating emergent exploratory laparotomy. Retrieval of the K-wire p...

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Main Authors: Ashley Peterson, Lynn K. Ngai, Mark A. Burbridge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9581285