Heart injury from gunshot wound to the gluteal region
A case is described whereby a cardiac wound was caused by a bullet which entered the body through the left gluteal region, and passed through the parietallayers of the abdomen without entering the peritoneal cavity_ This produced an acute hemopericardium due to a transfixi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1975 |
| País: | Uruguay |
| Institución: | Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Repositorio: | Revista Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revista.scu.org.uy:article/2542 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/2542 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | heridas cardíacas heridas de bala heart injuries gunshot |
| Sumario: | A case is described whereby a cardiac wound was caused by a bullet which entered the body through the left gluteal region, and passed through the parietallayers of the abdomen without entering the peritoneal cavity_ This produced an acute hemopericardium due to a transfixiant wound in the lower borderof the right ventricle, which was successfully repaired through a left anterolateral thoracotomy. An immediate laparotomy confirmed the absence of intra-abdominal lesions. Long term evolution was satisfactory. The course followed by the bullet is explained by the position of the patient at the time he received the shot. |
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