Emergency video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for haemopneumothorax and diaphragm repair after stabbing, performed through pre-existing wounds

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Jun 1;24(6):982. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivw410.

Abstract

Video of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) on a 16-year old who had been stabbed. The knife penetrated the diaphragm, lung and intercostal pedicle causing a haemopneumothorax. A chest drain was inserted by the trauma team. VATS was performed entirely through the stab and chest drain pre-existing wounds without extension.

Keywords: Diaphragm; Haemopneumothorax; Stabbing; Trauma; VATS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Chest Tubes
  • Diaphragm / diagnostic imaging
  • Diaphragm / injuries*
  • Diaphragm / surgery
  • Drainage / methods
  • Emergencies*
  • Hemopneumothorax / diagnosis
  • Hemopneumothorax / etiology
  • Hemopneumothorax / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Thoracic Injuries / complications
  • Thoracic Injuries / diagnosis
  • Thoracic Injuries / surgery
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*
  • Wounds, Stab / complications
  • Wounds, Stab / diagnosis
  • Wounds, Stab / surgery*