RECURRENT STERNAL SINUSES CAUSED BY RETAINED TEMPORARY EPICARDIAL PACING WIRES AND DIFFERENT WIRE FIXATION TECHNIQUES

Recurrent sternal sinuses caused by retained temporary epicardial pacing wires and different wire fixation techniques

Temporary epicardial pacing wires are routinely used after open-heart surgery without any major complications, but varied complications have been described with their use though rare.They are often pulled out after recovery of the patient, usually on the 4th postoperative day, but sometimes, drive set they are cut flush with the skin, especially if

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Intracranial Fungal Granulomas Mimicking High Grade Gliomas. A Decisive Role of Squash Cytology (SC): A Report of Two Cases

Intracranial fungal granulomas can be misdiagnosed clinically and radiologically as neoplastic lesions.They also rarely occur without any history of immunodeficiency or diabetes.We report two such cases of fungal granulomas that were unsuspected clinically and radiologically but were detected on intraoperative squash cytology (SC) and later confirm

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