Cardiac Wounds
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Evaluation of penetrating cardiac stab wounds
BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with unfavourable outcome following stab wounds to the heart in order to improve selection of patients who may benefit from resuscitative effort. METHODS From February to March, variables were collected from medical records of patients sustaining cardiac trauma. The inclusion criterion was the presence of a penetrating ca...
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During an eight-year period, 76 patients with penetrating wounds of the heart were treated at our institution. Among the 56 patients who survived, there were 16 instances of delayed sequelae in 14 patients, an incidence of 25 percent. Residual sequelae from penetrating cardiac wounds may not be initially evident or detected because of the urgency when tamponade or bleeding are present or becaus...
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BACKGROUND Cardiac penetration wounds have high mortality which need a rapid diagnosis and surgical intervention. METHODS Between May 1999 to May 2002, 196 thoracic penetration cases who were admitted to emergency department were examined and in 12 (6.1%) of them cardiac penetration was diagnosed. In this retrospective study, the cardiac penetration cases were evaluated. RESULTS All the cas...
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A 23-year-old man living in Orange County, California who was involved in a motor vehicle accident suffered a closed both-bone forearm fracture that was treated with open reduction and internal fixation. The patient then developed wound necrosis and abscesses that revealed a pure culture of non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae. The wound required debridement and excision, which was followed by split-t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-198603000-00018