Air gun pellet: cardiac penetration and peripheral embolization

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Tarih

2016

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Cilt Başlığı

Yayıncı

Turkish Assoc Trauma Emergency Surgery

Erişim Hakkı

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Özet

Use of high-velocity air guns can to lead to serious injuries. Management options of cardiac pellet gun injuries are based on patient stability, and course and location of the pellet. Presently reported is the case of a boy who was shot with an air gun pellet. Following right ventricular entry, the pellet lodged in the left atrium and embolized to the right iliac and femoral artery. Following pellet localization, right ventricular injury was repaired, and the pellet was removed successfully.

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Anahtar Kelimeler

Air gun pellet, heart, penetrating trauma

Kaynak

Ulusal Travma Ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery

WoS Q Değeri

Q4

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Cilt

22

Sayı

3

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