Penetrating cardiac injury caused by multiple rib fractures following high-energy trauma: Usefulness of the exploratory video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
Acute Med Surg
; 11(1): e938, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Penetrating cardiac injuries are usually fatal and associated with poor survival rates. Case Presentation A 69-year-old man was injured in a motor vehicle accident and suffered from left hemothorax and multiple rib fractures near the heart. A comprehensive assessment raised suspicions of lacerated pericardium and myocardial injury. Consequently, a thoracoscopy was performed 9 h after injury. A penetrating cardiac injury was detected and surgically treated via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The patient recovered uneventfully and was discharged on postoperative day 16.Conclusion:
Exploratory video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery may play a key role in the primary diagnosis of patients with high-energy chest traumas with cardiac injury and simultaneously allow for the appropriate surgical interventions.
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Acute Med Surg
Ano de publicação:
2024
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