Citation

Borhan F, Borhan N, O'Riordan B. Ir. Med. J. 2017; 110(6): e588.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, Ireland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Winstone Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

28952678

Abstract

Sewing needles, albeit a rare case of penetrating cardiac injury, are potentially life-threatening. We report a case of successful intra-cardiac needle removal from a 32 year old who inserted multiple needles into the chest and abdomen.

Language: en