Traumatic Right Pulmonary Artery Rupture after Accidentally Being Stepped on the Chest

Shin-Ah Son; Chae-Min Bae; Tak-Hyuk Oh; Young Woo Do; Yangki Seok; Joon Yong Cho

doi:10.5090/kjtcs.2019.52.5.380

Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Oct 2019)

Traumatic Right Pulmonary Artery Rupture after Accidentally Being Stepped on the Chest

Shin-Ah Son,
Chae-Min Bae,
Tak-Hyuk Oh,
Young Woo Do,
Yangki Seok,
Joon Yong Cho

Affiliations

Shin-Ah Son: Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu
Chae-Min Bae: Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu
Tak-Hyuk Oh: Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu
Young Woo Do: Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu
Yangki Seok: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Gumi Hospital, Gumi, Korea
Joon Yong Cho: Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2019.52.5.380
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 52, no. 5
pp. 380 – 383

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Traumatic pulmonary artery rupture is a rare, life-threatening injury. Currently, no strict guidelines for its management exist. Herein, we report a successful surgical repair of a right pulmonary artery rupture caused by being stepped on.

Published in Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

ISSN: 2233-601X (Print); 2093-6516 (Online)
Publisher: Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Country of publisher: Korea, Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: http://www.kjtcvs.org/main.html

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