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Injury of the Pulmonary Artery and Its Branches due to Penetrating Chest Trauma

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Annals of Vascular Surgery

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= 2) and lateral suture (n= 3). Our results show that isolated injuries of the pulmonary artery are amenable to surgical repair and have a good prognosis. Mortality appears to be high in patients presenting complex lesions involving vascular and pulmonary structures that require pneumonectomy to achieve hemostasis and in patients presenting associated cardiovascular lesions.

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  1. Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Guadeloupe University Hospital, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France, FR

    Michel Deneuville

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Deneuville, M. Injury of the Pulmonary Artery and Its Branches due to Penetrating Chest Trauma. Annals of Vascular Surgery 14, 463–467 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100169910089

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