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Stab to left backStab to left back, knife in situ Gustavo Loubet |
Stab wounds to backMultiple stab wounds to back Harry Voesten, Netherlands |
Stab wounds to back - front viewStab wounds to back Harry Voesten, Netherlands |
Right ventricular stab - knife in situ - repairRight ventricle injury, repair Marcelo Miranda, Hospital Regional de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil |
Right ventricular stab - knife in situ - chest radiographRight ventricular stab with right haemothorax. Chest radiograph. Marcelo Miranda, Hospital Regional de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil |
Right ventricular stab - knife in situ 01Right venticular stab - knife in situ Marcelo Miranda, Hospital Regional de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil |
Right ventricular stab - knife in situ 02Right ventricular stab - knife in situ Marcelo Miranda, Hospital Regional de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil |
Right ventricular stab - knife in situ - clamp controlRight ventricle injury, clamp control Marcelo Miranda, Hospital Regional de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil |
Gunshot wound to right lung, right atrium / suprahepatic IVC 01Gunshot wound to right lung middle lobe trauma.org |
Suprasternal notch stab woundZone 1 stab wound to neck. Fernando Joglar, MD, Subdirector, Puerto Rico Trauma Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Cardiac Trauma - Stab WoundCardiac knife wound Dr. Bernardo Ketzer |
Stab Wound to the heart - Sternotomy & Balloon OcclusionFogarty Catheter Ballon Occlusion of Right Ventricle Stab Wound Juan Duchesne, NO, Tulane |
Stab Wound to the Heart = Balloon Occlusion of Right Ventricle WoundBallon Occlusion Right Ventricle Stab Wound Juan C Duchesne MD, NO, Tulane |
Towel clip closure of the chest and abdomenTowel clip closure for damage control post thoracotomy and laparotomyLuciano Pereira e Jorge Carlotto Serviço de Cirurgia Geral e do Trauma do Hospital da Cidade - Passo Fundo - RS – Brasil |
Open pneumothoraxAn open pneumothorax after a stab wound to the backVicente Scopel e Jorge Carlotto. Serviço de Cirurgia Geral e do Trauma do Hospital da Cidade - Passo Fundo - RS – Brasil |
Multiple stabbing to the chest (Front view) |
Multiple stabbing to the backStab wounds to the back |
Left ventricle injuryVentricular stab wound - median sternotomyDr.Setthabutr Eaupanitcharoen, M.D. Trauma Division, Department of Surgery, Maharat Nakornratchasima Hospital, Nakornratchasima, Thailand |
Left ventricle injury 2Ventricular stab wound - digital controlDr.Setthabutr Eaupanitcharoen,M.D. Trauma Division, Department of surgery, Maharat Nakornratchasima hospital, Nakornratchasima Thailand |
Left ventricle injury 3Ventricular stab wound - suture repairDr.Setthabutr Eaupanitcharoen,M.D. Trauma Division, Department of surgery, Maharat Nakornratchasima hospital, Nakornratchasima Thailand |
Left ventricle injury 4Ventricular stab wound - pledget repairDr.Setthabutr Eaupanitcharoen,M.D. Trauma Division, Department of surgery, Maharat Nakornratchasima hospital, Nakornratchasima Thailand |
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Case Presentations
A Stab Wound to the Right Auriculoventricular Junction
, October 18, 2010
A patient came to our hospital trauma center with profound shock following a stab attack. The stab entry point was the right anterior chest wall. The injury was repaired and the patient discharged following a good recovery.
Cardiac laceration
, August 13, 2010
A patient was transferred to the Emergency Department of our hospital, having sustained two major stab injuries to the upper abdomen.
Penetrating Cardiac Injuries
How to get the best possible outcome?
, January 10, 2009
82% survival in 35 consecutive stab heart patients was achieved in a South African metropolitan community hospital during the year 2008. Excellent and expediant prehospital management, skilled emergency room personnel and available surgical skill is necessary to achieve these results. The survival rate depends on the number of patients analyzed. The last 160 patients have a 70% survival rate, the last 35 patients have an 82% survival rate. Every surgical team can achieve good results under appropriate leadership.
