Female, 73 years old.Retained foreign body fragments, unspecified material. Bulldog clamp. Intraoperative film with open sternotomy and surgical hardware.Bulldog clamp overlying the left heart border likely within the thorax.Esophageal pH probe looped in the hypopharynx with tip overlying the cervical portion of esophagus. Swan-Ganz catheter tip in right main pulmonary artery. Enteric tube projects over the left upper abdomen. Bilateral chest tubes, two on the left and one on the right. Endotracheal tube tip 3.5 cm above the carina. Expected intraoperative changes including bibasilar/dependent atelectasis and a left pleural fluid collection.
Foreign body noted overlying left heart border (Bulldog clamp). Spoke to surgical attending Dr. Onsager, this foreign body has been removed prior to the time of the dictation of this study. Lines and tubes as above.These findings were discussed by telephone with Dr. Onsager, the attending surgeon, on 7/29/2016 at 1:58 PM. 