Citation

Gitei E, Akkermann O, Jagoda S, Steinhoff J, Krüger V, Gerdes B. Unfallchirurg 2011; 114(9): 822-824.

Vernacular Title

Messerstichverletzung von thorakaler Aorta und Myelon. Bericht uber einen

Affiliation

Klinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Visceral-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Johannes Wesling-Klinikum Minden, Hans Nolte-Straße 1, 32429, Minden, Deutschland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00113-011-2072-0

PMID

21909900

Abstract

We report the surgical treatment of a thoracic knife injury with lesions of the aorta and the myelon. An initially incomplete revision of the wound nearly resulted in a critical situation. Complete revision of a wound is obligatory in a penetrating injury, when a relevant structure is possibly injured.

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