%0 Journal Article
%T Cuerpo extra£¿o intrator¨¢cico post traumatismo penetrante
%A GONZ¨¢LEZ L
%A ROBERTO
%A FAR¨ªAS M
%A JUAN
%A CAMPOS M
%A RODRIGO
%A SEGUEL S
%A ENRIQUE
%A ARZOLA G
%A GLORIA
%A ALARC¨®N P
%A DANIELA
%A ALARC¨®N C
%A EMILIO
%J Revista chilena de enfermedades respiratorias
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0717-73482010000200005
%X we present the case of a 21 year old man with an intra thoracic foreign body after penetrating chest trauma. the foreign body was the blade of a knife. it was removed through the wound, without thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracic surgery (vats) and the patient evolved without incidents. intra-thoracic foreign bodies secondary to penetrating trauma are rare. they are usually removed through thoracotomy or vats. both alternatives allow adequate exploration of the intra-thoracic structures and repair injuries that are potentially lethal. in stable patients and selected cases, they can be removed without surgery (without thoracotomy or vats); always in an operating room and under general anesthesia, in case that surgical exploration could be needed after the procedure.
%K chest injury
%K foreign bodies
%K penetrating wounds
%K wounds and injuries.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-73482010000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en