Current Thoracic Surgery
2018 , Vol 3 , Issue 1
Penetrating chest trauma with a dagger: an appalling case at the emergency department
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training Hospital, İzmir, Turkey DOI : 10.26663/cts.2018.0006 Viewed : 5445 - Downloaded : 1822 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