Surgical management of stab injuries of the heart.

نویسندگان

  • Bozidar A Odalović
  • Slobodan Arandjelović
  • Miomir Gvozdenovic
  • Radojica Stolić
  • Jovan Mladenović
  • Bratislav Daković
  • Branislav Belić
  • Stojan Sekulić
چکیده

UNLABELLED ITRODUCTION: Cardiac injuries today are not rare and they present a significant group of pathological cardiac diseases, with a large number of the injured (60-90%) dying before being transported to the hospital. CASE REPORT A patient with a stab wound of the right chamber, upper abdomen and pelvis, in a state of hemorrhagic shock, was successfully managed after being reanimated. CONCLUSION Good health service organization in the field and urgent transport of the injured should be obligatory in the management of heart trauma.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Acta chirurgica Iugoslavica

دوره 59 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012