title: Penetrating chest gunshot wounds: conservative treatment.
abstract: Gunshot wounds, and in particular chest gunshot wounds, are becoming a growing problem in daily practice at many hospitals. Many authors propose a conservative attitude in certain cases. We present a patient with a chest gunshot wound successfully solved under conservative means and videothoracoscopic removal of the bullet.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo II, Prof. Martin Lagos s/n., 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robin-Lersundi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: HernandoTrancho
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Calatayud Gastardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gómez Martinez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torres García
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Balibrea Cantero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006468:Hemopneumothorax / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000209:etiology; D012540:Scapula / Q000293:injuries; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*