Pulmonary artery bullet injury following thoracic gunshot wound

G Babatasi; Massimo Massetti; S Bhoyroo; O Le Page; A. Khayat

Pulmonary artery bullet injury following thoracic gunshot wound

G Babatasi, Massimo Massetti, S Bhoyroo, O Le Page, A. Khayat

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87-90
Number of pages	4
Journal	European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Volume	15
Publication status	Published - 1999

Keywords

Aged
Bronchoscopy
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Follow-Up Studies
Hemothorax
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Artery
Radiography, Thoracic
Thoracic Injuries
Thoracotomy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular Surgical Procedures
Wounds, Gunshot

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Pulmonary artery bullet injury following thoracic gunshot wound

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