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MASSIVE HEMOTHORAX DUE TO PENETRATING CHEST TRAUMA: TREATED BY MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY

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Title: MASSIVE HEMOTHORAX DUE TO PENETRATING CHEST TRAUMA: TREATED BY MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY

Authors: Ahsan Iqbal Cheema, Ahmed Hasan Banjar, Salem Al Amari

Journal: Pakistan journal of chest medicine (Online)

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Year: 2014

Volume: 20

Issue: 1

Language: en

Keywords: Internal mammary arteryMassive HemothoraxMinimally Invasive Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS).

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Hemothorax (2) Trauma Surgery (2266) Pulmonology (4511) Minimally Invasive Surgery (433) Thoracic Surgery (544)

Abstract

Penetrating chest trauma may be associated by massive hemothorax. Exploratory Thoracotomy is the standard of care. In exceptional cases minimally invasive approach can be life saving. We report a case where this approach was chosen primarily. Right IMA injury was the cause of bleeding into the right pleural cavity.

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