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Penetrating Chest Trauma With Right Atrial Rupture: A Case Report.
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December 2024
Student Research Unit, School of Medicine, 21 September University, Sana'a, YEM.
Penetrating thoracic injuries, especially those affecting cardiac structures, are rare but can be life-threatening, requiring urgent medical care. Right atrium injuries pose significant risks, including rapid blood loss, cardiac tamponade, hemodynamic instability, and, subsequently, potential death. We report the case of a 24-year-old male patient with stab wounds leading to a right-sided chest penetration three hours prior to presentation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurviving a Heartbreak: Penetrating Chest Stab Wounds Through Multiple Cardiac Structures.
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October 2024
UAB School of Medicine, Selma, Alabama.
• Cardiac injuries can present in varied ways; therefore, close monitoring is crucial. • TEE and 3D echocardiography are useful to assess complications from stab injuries. • Early identification and management of complications may improve patient outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Post-traumatic esotracheal fistula caused by a knife: a case report].
Pan Afr Med J
November 2024
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Centre Hospitalier National Universitaire de Fann, Dakar, Sénégal.
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- Traumatic esophageal-tracheal fistulas (ETFs) from stab wounds are uncommon and often missed in diagnoses, requiring imaging for detection.
- A case study of a patient stabbed in the back showed complications including air bubbles in the mediastinum, necessitating surgical intervention to repair the small ETF.
- Successful treatment involved direct suture repair and careful postoperative monitoring, leading to a speedy recovery and the ability to resume oral feeding after two weeks.
Stabbing injury of the spinal cord: A case report and systematic literature review.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
Background: Spinal cord injury caused by stab wounds (SCISW) represents one of the rarest causes of traumatic spinal cord injury. Because of their rarity, management of such cases may be challenging due to the lack of specific guidelines.
Methods: The systematic review was performed on 30th June 2024 according to the PRISMA 2020 guidelines.
An unstable patient with a large sucking chest wound managed with gauze packing for preventing tension and bleeding control before surgery in Korea: a case report.
J Trauma Inj
June 2024
Department of Acute Care Surgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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- A 51-year-old woman came to the emergency room with a stab wound in her chest and needed immediate help.
- Doctors gave her blood and helped her breathe with a tube because her condition was serious.
- They found a tear in her lung during surgery, fixed it, and after recovery, she went home feeling better.
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