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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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1/2015
vol. 12
 
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CASE REPORTS
Penetrating thoracic injuries – treatment of two patients after suicide attempts

Krzysztof Greberski
,
Paweł Bugajski
,
Stanisław Rzymski
,
Radosław Jarząbek
,
Bogumił Olczak
,
Ryszard Kalawski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2015; 12 (1): 62-64
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2015.50572
Online publish date: 2015/03/31
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Thoracic injuries are usually caused by penetrating or blunt trauma. The primary method of treatment is surgery. This study describes two cases of male patients with stab wounds of the chest resulting from suicide attempts. The first case involved a 29-year-old patient transported and admitted to the hospital with a knife still in his chest; its blade extended from the jugular notch to the 5th thoracic vertebra but did not damage any important structures. The applied treatment, limited to evacuating the knife, resulted in a satisfactory outcome, and the patient was discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU) in good condition. The second patient reached the hospital on his own. On admission, he did not reveal the real cause of the wound; however, in view of his deteriorating condition, he admitted that the knife penetrated deeply into the mediastinum. In this case, sternotomy was necessary to stop the bleeding of the pulmonary trunk and internal thoracic artery. After completion of treatment, the patient was discharged in good condition. The described management of life-threatening situations conducted by a multidisciplinary team of consultants enabled the choice of optimal treatment methods and resulted in successful outcomes.
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stab wounds, suicide, cardiac tamponade
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