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[Surgical management of type III thoracic shotgun injury]
L C Olivier1, K Peitgen, A Pulate
1Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Zentrum für Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum, Essen, GHS.
Der Unfallchirurg
|July 27, 1999
Abstract:
Reporting the case of a short-range severe thoracic shotgun injury the differentiated management of this trauma is discussed. Indication for operative exploration under emergency conditions is hemorrhagic shock, perforation of esophagus/stomach and pericardial tamponade. Even under a toxicological point of view there is no indication for emergency revisions.