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[Knife Injury to the Thoracic Aorta and Spinal Cord. Report on An"almost-mistake"]

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Journal Unfallchirurg
Date 2011 Sep 13
PMID 21909900
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Abstract

We report the surgical treatment of a thoracic knife injury with lesions of the aorta and the myelon. An initially incomplete revision of the wound nearly resulted in a critical situation. Complete revision of a wound is obligatory in a penetrating injury, when a relevant structure is possibly injured.

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