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How we do it Emergency Department Thoracotomy for Penetrating Pulmonary Trauma.: A practical, heuristic approach for the inexperienced in Thoracic Surgery.
A practical, heuristic approach for the inexperienced in Thoracic Surgery.
Elias Degiannis, Agneta Geldenhuis, Konstantinos Degiannis, Jason Degiannis, Matthias Maak, Dietrich Doll
Abstract
The manuscript specifically concentrates on patients with penetrating thoracic trauma, who having undergone Emergency Department Thoracotomy (EDT) have been diagnosed with injury to the lung. Its purpose is to describe a practical / heuristic approach, enabling the inexperienced in thoracic surgery doctor, to perform a successful EDT and if need arises, a definitive operation in the absence of a Cardiothoracic or appropriately trained Trauma Surgeon.
Author information
Elias Degiannis
South Africa
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Agneta Geldenhuis
Australia
Department of Cardiothoracic and Transplantation Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Konstantinos Degiannis
Germany
Department of Trauma, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
Jason Degiannis
Germany
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
Matthias Maak
Germany
Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Dietrich Doll
Germany
St. Marienhospital Vechta, GERMANY
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