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Emergency management of penetrating cardiac injuries without a heart surgeon

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Abstract

Background

In penetrating chest injury, trauma to the heart does not occur frequently. However, an unstable patient must be operated on immediately.

Methods

A small group of patients, who were admitted to the hospital with thoracic injury and consequently became unstable during CT examination, is presented.

Results

In total, five patients were transferred immediately to the operating room. Penetrating heart injury was found. All patients were successfully treated and dismissed from hospital.

Conclusion

A general surgeon must be able to manage penetrating heart injury in unstable patients.

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  1. Surgical Department, Clinical Center Fuerth, 90766, Fuerth, Bavaria, Germany

    Holger Rupprecht & Roland Tines

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Correspondence to Holger Rupprecht.

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H. Rupprecht and R. Tines state that there are no conflicts of interest.

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The supplement is dedicated to Jubilee World congress of International College of Surgeons 2015.

The publishing was sponsored by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic.

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Rupprecht, H., Tines, R. Emergency management of penetrating cardiac injuries without a heart surgeon. Eur Surg 48 (Suppl 2), 138–140 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10353-016-0410-8

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