| Literature DB >> 10077379 |
G Babatasi1, M Massetti, S Bhoyroo, O Le Page, A Khayat.
Abstract
Thoracic trauma occurs frequently but seldom requires surgery (10-20%, [1]). The mortality rate for gunshot wound of the chest varies from 14.3 to 36.8% [2]. We report, herein an example of bullet injury to the pulmonary artery (PA) following a thoracic gunshot wound. This patient had previous history of coronary surgery. Absolute and relative indications for exploratory thoracotomy in emergency will be reviewed.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID： 10077379 DOI： 10.1016/s1010-7940(98)00264-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg ISSN： 1010-7940 Impact factor: 4.191