In:
Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, SAGE Publications, Vol. 19, No. 5 ( 2011-10), p. 349-351
Abstract:
A 72-year-old man was admitted with one blade of a huge pair of shears in his left thorax. His hemodynamics deteriorated due to life-threatening vascular lesions. An urgent thoracotomy revealed several injuries to the intercostal vessels and left apical inferior lung lobe. The blade tip was stuck in the posterior chest wall, 2 cm adjacent to the descending aorta. The blade was removed, the lung was sutured, and the patient made a good recovery.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0218-4923
,
1816-5370
DOI:
10.1177/0218492311419173
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2011
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2044527-1
