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Aspiration of foreign by children accounts for significant morbidity and mortality.
A five years boy aspirated Light-emitting diode (LED) of a toy while playing.
Innovative surgical technique for removal of Light Emitting Diode from segmental bronchus in a child: After the failure of endoscopic retrieval.
Lung parenchymal sparing technique.
A 36 years old female presented with six months history of shortness of breath, fatigue, and tiredness. Her chest X-Ray showed a left mediastinal mass. A computed tomographic scan (CT)of the chest revealed a left mediastinal mass, exhibiting typical teratoma features. An echocardiogram showed compression of the main pulmonary artery causing right ventricular out flow tract obstruction. The tumor was resected through a left thoracotomy, and the patient improved dramatically after surgery. She was discharged home for further follow-up.
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Papillary carcinoma of thyroid rarely present as manubriosternum metastasis.
Surgical resection is a good option for resectable solitary bony metastasis.
Radical surgical resection followed by a radioiodnie ablation is standarad traetment.
Total thyroidectomy and claviculo- manubriosternal enbloc resection and improvised reconstruction was performed using Methyl methacrylate marlex mesh plate (MMS).
Our improvised reconstruction technique which provides best MMS plate stability, good cosmoses and disease free survival.
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