Air gun injury to the pericardium in a 9-year-old boy
Language English Country Turkey Media print
Document type Case Reports, Journal Article
PubMed
36282157
PubMed Central
PMC10277347
DOI
10.14744/tjtes.2021.17260
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Foreign Bodies * surgery MeSH
- Child MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Pericardium diagnostic imaging surgery MeSH
- Thoracic Injuries * surgery MeSH
- Wounds, Gunshot * diagnostic imaging surgery MeSH
- Check Tag
- Child MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Case Reports MeSH
The authors present the case of a 9-year-old boy who sustained a gunshot injury to the pericardium by an air gun. The penetrative wound to the pericardium was, according to the performed pre-operative diagnostic methods, initially believed to be a penetrative wound into the cardiophrenic angle of the left pleural cavity. The stabilized patient was indicated for an extraction of the projectile through a left anterior minithoracotomy, during which the projectile was found and successfully removed from the pericardium. The limits of pre-operative assessment, optimal treatment procedures, and surgical approaches in pediatric patients with gunshot injuries to the chest and heart are discussed.
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