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Background High-energy blunt chest injury will bring out severe cardiac and pulmonary injuries. It may cause cardiac contusion, rupture, cardiac valve dysfunction, and aortic laceration [1]. As traumatic hemopericardium occurs, ultrasound is a convenient and reliable tool for diagnosis. We presented a 55-year-old male victim of blunt chest trauma complicated with hemopericardium, cardiac tampon...

reconstruction of breast with transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (tram) flap is the standard for reconstruction of breast following mastectomy. in this article, authors report their experience with pedicled tram flap reconstruction of the breast. records for the patients who had undergone breast reconstruction with pedicled tram flap were retrieved. records of outpatient follow-ups were a...

RATIONALE Pulmonary embolization is a life-threatening condition. The deployment of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is the first choice for preventing embolus from the lower extremity. However, IVC filter complications are rare but not to be neglected. Penetration of the arterial wall may result in catastrophic damages. This case report describes a woman who suffered from retroperitoneal hemorr...

[This corrects the article on p. 363 in vol. 78, PMID: 26508925.].

TO THE EDITOR: We congratulate Patronella et al on their recent article entitled “Thromboembolism in high-risk aesthetic surgery: Experience with 17 patients in a review of 3871 consecutive cases” (Aesthet Surg J 2008;28:648–655), which provides a clear set of guidelines to minimize venous thromboembolic events (VTEs) in ambulatory aesthetic surgery. With regard to prophylaxis and the risk of r...