Korean J Crit Care Med.
2013 Nov;28(4):340-343. 10.4266/kjccm.2013.28.4.340.
Blunt Splenic Injury by Gunshot
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- 1Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea. songis@cnuh.co.kr
- 2Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
- 3Daejeon Regional Emergency Medical Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
- KMID: 1977515
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4266/kjccm.2013.28.4.340
Abstract
- Trauma is frequently not purely penetrating or purely blunt. Such mixed trauma can result from the mechanism of injury. Recently, we encountered a patient who accidentally shot himself with a shotgun. He had a 15 x 8-cm-sized penetrating injury on left flank that did not penetrate into the peritoneal cavity and a blunt splenic injury with hemoperitoneum. Surgical and interventional treatments were performed for each injury. We present this case with a review of the related literature.
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