2017/08/21 by Holger Rupprecht, Rupprecht, Holger, Katharina Gaab +1
Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Abdominal Trauma and Injuries #Damage Control #Medicine #Notfallthorakotomie #Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries #Schrotschussverletzung #Spannungspneumothorax #Trauma Management and Diagnosis #damage control #deadly triad #emergency thoracotomy #shotgun injury #tension pneumothorax #tödliche Trias
paper · doi:10.3205/iprs000116
openalex publication_date 2017/08/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19
Shotgun injuries from a short distance (<3 m) may cause massive bleeding and tissue destruction. Only immediate aggressive (surgical) therapy prevents lethal outcome. We report about a 27-year-old patient, who was wounded on the left chest wall by a straight-cut shotgun from a short distance. In cases of this special traumatic pattern damage control measures are necessary. The measures should take place in preclinical emergency management (by the on-site emergency physician). We report about the emergency management from admission to our hospital and the following surgical treatment until discharge from the hospital.