Trap-Door Incision for Penetrating Thoracic Trauma: An Obsolete Approach?

Penetrating injuries to the subclavian vessels are uncommon and very severe lesions. They are difficult to expose and carry a high mortality. “Trap-door” incisions have lately been dismissed as too mutilating for the occasional victim of a penetrating thoracic trauma with massive bleeding difficult...

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Main Authors: Ana Fabregues Olea, Leire Zarain Obrador, Dolores Perez-Diaz, Fernando Turégano Fuentes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/798242
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