Citation

Son SA, Bae CM, Oh TH, Do YW, Seok Y, Cho JY. Korean J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2019; 52(5): 380-383.

Affiliation

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)

DOI

10.5090/kjtcs.2019.52.5.380

PMID

31624718

PMCID

PMC6785159

Abstract

Traumatic pulmonary artery rupture is a rare, life-threatening injury. Currently, no strict guidelines for its management exist. Herein, we report a successful surgical repair of a right pulmonary artery rupture caused by being stepped on.

Copyright © 2019 by The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights Reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass; Pulmonary artery; Trauma