A fortunate survival following a severe penetrating chest trauma.

A 47 year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a penetrating sternal wound from a sickle, after an attempted suicide, without dyspnoea, haemodynamically stable and a 20 cm blade penetrating into the superior mediastinum (Fig. 1). The chest radiograph demonstrates the blade abutting the spine (Fig. 2). The extraction of the blade was simply achieved by extending the wound anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle

Référence1838
Année2014
TypeArticle
Lien document
Disciplines associéesFaculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès, Réanimation Polyvalente 2
AuteurOuadnouni Y
Auteurs associésBoukatta B, El bouazzaoui A, Ghalimi J, Lakranbi M, Kanjaa N, Smahi M
DisciplineChirurgie Thoracique
RevueHeart Lung Circ
Référence Revue23(3):e111