Penetrating chest gunshot wounds: conservative treatment

Surg Endosc. 2003 Oct;17(10):1677. doi: 10.1007/s00464-003-4218-9.

Abstract

Gunshot wounds, and in particular chest gunshot wounds, are becoming a growing problem in daily practice at many hospitals. Many authors propose a conservative attitude in certain cases. We present a patient with a chest gunshot wound successfully solved under conservative means and videothoracoscopic removal of the bullet.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Axilla
  • Foreign Bodies / etiology
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Fractures, Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Bone / etiology
  • Hemopneumothorax / etiology
  • Humans
  • Lung Injury
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Emphysema / etiology
  • Scapula / injuries
  • Thoracic Injuries / complications
  • Thoracic Injuries / diagnosis
  • Thoracic Injuries / therapy*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wounds, Gunshot / complications
  • Wounds, Gunshot / diagnosis
  • Wounds, Gunshot / therapy*