DIAGNOSIS BY VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPY OF TRAUMATIC PERICARDIAL RUPTURE WITH DELAYED LUXATION OF THE HEART - CASE-REPORT

Authors
THOMAS P SAUX P LONJON T VIGGIANO M DENIS JP GIUDICELLI R RAGNI J GOUIN F FUENTES P
Citation
P. Thomas et al., DIAGNOSIS BY VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPY OF TRAUMATIC PERICARDIAL RUPTURE WITH DELAYED LUXATION OF THE HEART - CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 38(6), 1995, pp. 967-970
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
967 - 970
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Isolated pericardial rupture is probably a frequently overlooked injur y. We present a case of delayed heart herniation through a left perica rdial tear resulting from blunt trauma. Diagnosis was achieved by vide o-assisted thoracoscopy, which was also helpful in the selection of th e appropriate site and extent for the thoracotomy incision.