Management of chest impalement injury.
Bleeding
Chest wall
Penetrating
Thoracic surgery
Trauma
Journal
International journal of surgery case reports
ISSN: 2210-2612
Titre abrégé: Int J Surg Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101529872
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
20
04
2019
revised:
12
07
2019
accepted:
17
07
2019
pubmed:
30
7
2019
medline:
30
7
2019
entrez:
30
7
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We will describe the case of a man who impaled himself on a greenhouse pole by falling off a ladder. The belated radiological exclusion of any spine and neck lesions forced the surgeons to operate with the patient supine and on a spine board, which prevented them from performing the classic thoracotomy and reaching the entry hole in the right scapula area. A double thoracotomy and the expedient of a haemostatic plug, positioned simultaneously with the extraction of the pole, allowed to control bleeding with absolute safety margins.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31357103
pii: S2210-2612(19)30425-0
doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.07.043
pmc: PMC6664164
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
123-126Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
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