title: Removal of an impaled knife under thoracoscopic guidance.
abstract: Thoracoscopy is being increasingly utilized in stable patients to manage both blunt and penetrating injuries. The case of a patient who presented with a knife impaled in the chest is reported. The knife was able to be removed under thoracoscopic guidance, avoiding thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: ICU Emanuel Hospital, Portland, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isenburg
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karmy-Jones
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013909:Thorax