Table 1

Cases of pectus bar or stabilising wire migration.
Author	Procedure	Presentation Time	Migration Site	Foreign Material	Mechanism	Outcome

Elami et el.[4] 1991	Lieberman Procedure	24 months	Right Atrium	Metallic Bar	Bar Fracture	Removed at sternotomy
McWilliams et al.[6] 1992	Ravitch Type	48 months	Right Costophrenic Angle	Stabilising Wire	Unknown	Removed at thoracotomy
Dalrymple-Hay et al.[7] 1997	Ravitch Type	9 months	Left Ventricle	Ravitch Bar	Unknown	Removed at sternotomy
Stefani et al.[8] 1998	Lodi Procedure	3 months	Peritoneum	Kirschner Wire (used as a Bar)	Unknown	Removed at Video Laparoscopy
Onursal et al.[5] 1999	Ravitch Type	48 months	Right Ventricle	Ravitch Bar	Bar Fracture	Removed at thoracotomy
Kanegaonkar et al.[9] 2001	Ravitch Type	14 months	Deep to the Sixth Rib	Ravitch Bar	Unknown	Removed at Video Thoracoscopy
Kanegaonkar et al.[9] 2001	Ravitch Type	10 months	Thoracic Cavity	Ravitch Bar	Unknown	Removed at Video Thoracoscopy
Barakat et al.[10] 2004	Morgan Procedure	24 months	Right Ventricular Epicardium	Sternal Wire	Broken Wire	Removed at sternotomy
Hoel at al.[11] 2006	Nuss Procedure	2 months	Ascending Aorta	Nuss Bar	Unknown	Removed at sternotomy
Morimoto et al.[12] 2007	Nuss Procedure	36 months	Ossified rib tissue	Nuss Bar	Unknown	Mini-thoracotomy at insertion site
Morimoto et al.[12] 2007	Nuss Procedure	36 months	Into underlying rib	Nuss Bar	Unknown	Mini-thoracotomy at insertion site
Morimoto et al.[12] 2007	Nuss Procedure	36 months	Underneath underlying rib	Nuss Bar	Unknown	Mini-thoracotomy at insertion site
Tahmassebi et al. 2008 (This case)	Ravitch Type	29 months	Bare area of Liver	Ravitch Bar	Unknown	Removed at Video Thoracoscopy

Tahmassebi et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2008 3:39 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-3-39