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Removal of an impaled knife under thoracoscopic guidance
S Isenburg1, N Jackson, R Karmy-Jones
1ICU Emanuel Hospital, Portland, USA.
Canadian Respiratory Journal
|February 23, 2008
Abstract:
Thoracoscopy is being increasingly utilized in stable patients to manage both blunt and penetrating injuries. The case of a patient who presented with a knife impaled in the chest is reported. The knife was able to be removed under thoracoscopic guidance, avoiding thoracotomy.
