Penetrating chest trauma with a dagger: an appalling case at the emergency department
Demet Yaldız1,Yunus Türk2
Current Thoracic Surgery
2018;3(1):022-024. (25 April 2018)
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey
2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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Penetrating chest traumas constitute nearly one third of all chest traumas with a high high mortality and
morbidity. Herein we present a 29-year-old male patient presented at the emergency department with a the
penetrating thoracic trauma with a dagger. The management was reported in the light of relevant literatüre.
Keywords :
penetrating chest trauma, stab wound, hemothorax
