Haemostasis of a right ventricle-gunshot wound using a novel haemostatic vacuum device

Paolo Porcu1, Alexandre Moreau-Gaudry, Olivier Chavanon

  • 1Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Grenoble, Grenoble, France. pporcu@chu-grenoble.fr

Heart wounds are frequently fatal. The haemorrhage from a right ventricle-gunshot wound in a male patient was successfully controlled using a novel haemostatic vacuum device. This case report shows how this simple, quick and efficient method can be used to control critical bleedings.

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