Citation

Polak R, Vodicka J, Treska V, Siroky J, Benes J. Ulus. Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2022; 28(11): 1641-1644.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dernegi)

DOI

10.14744/tjtes.2021.17260

PMID

36282157

Abstract

The authors present the case of a 9-year-old boy who sustained a gunshot injury to the pericardium by an air gun. The penetrative wound to the pericardium was, according to the performed pre-operative diagnostic methods, initially believed to be a penetrative wound into the cardiophrenic angle of the left pleural cavity. The stabilized patient was indicated for an extraction of the projectile through a left anterior minithoracotomy, during which the projectile was found and successfully removed from the pericardium. The limits of pre-operative assessment, optimal treatment procedures, and surgical approaches in pediatric patients with gunshot injuries to the chest and heart are discussed.

Language: en