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A novel approach in retrieving retained pulmonary bullet injury
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery can be a useful tool in selected penetrating chest trauma patients for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. It is currently a safe and feasible alternative to thoracotomy in the management of chest trauma especially for hemodynamically stable patients. Penetratin...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463217/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31011614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2019.100191 |
| Sumario: | Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery can be a useful tool in selected penetrating chest trauma patients for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. It is currently a safe and feasible alternative to thoracotomy in the management of chest trauma especially for hemodynamically stable patients. Penetrating chest trauma with retained bullet was removed successfully in a 25 years old patient using double-port VATS technique in combination with fluoroscopy, he made full recovery, hospital stay was very short. |
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