Appropriate management of penetrating trauma to the thorax requires
knowledge of vulnating agents, as well as the principles of ballistic injury.
The importance of the approach’s choice for surgical exploration of these
injuries, and parietal damage, is an essential factor in decision making in the
management and definition of the therapeutic strategy for these injuries. The
authors report a clinical case of a penetrating traumatic ballistic wound of
the thorax managed in a context of difficult diagnosis in the surgical Unit of
the CHUPB.
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