Penetrating chest gunshot wounds: conservative treatment.

Abstract

Gunshot wounds, and in particular chest gunshot wounds, are becoming a growing problem in daily practice at many hospitals. Many authors propose a conservative attitude in certain cases. We present a patient with a chest gunshot wound successfully solved under conservative means and videothoracoscopic removal of the bullet.

• Authors: A Robin-Lersundi, F HernandoTrancho, J Calatayud Gastardi, A Gómez Martinez, A Torres García, J L Balibrea Cantero
• Journal: Surgical endoscopy (Surg Endosc) Vol. 17 Issue 10 Pg. 1677 (Oct 2003) ISSN: 1432-2218 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 14702970 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Axilla
• Foreign Bodies (etiology, surgery)
• Fractures, Bone (diagnostic imaging, etiology)
• Hemopneumothorax (etiology)
• Humans
• Lung Injury
• Male
• Mediastinal Emphysema (etiology)
• Scapula (injuries)
• Thoracic Injuries (complications, diagnosis, therapy)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Wounds, Gunshot (complications, diagnosis, therapy)