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- Title
Retained Bullet of the Mediastinum.
- Authors
Kang, Danby; Fredericks, Charles; Bokhari, Faran; Kaminsky, Matthew
- Abstract
The article presents a case report on a 22-year-old male patient who sustained multiple gun shot wounds and a underwent a chest X-ray procedure which reveals a bullet lodged in his superior mediastinum, a left pneumothorax injury, and a right hemopneumothorax injury. According to the article, the patient successfully completed a left thoracotomy surgical procedure, mediastinal exploration, a broncoscopy, and bullet removal.
- Subjects
MEDIASTINUM; BULLETS; PNEUMOTHORAX; HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX; MEDIASTINUM surgery; THORACOTOMY; BRONCHOSCOPY; FOREIGN bodies
- Publication
American Surgeon, 2018, Vol 84, Issue 12, pe517
- ISSN
0003-1348
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/000313481808401206