title: Emergency video-assisted thoracoscopic foreign body removal and decortication of lung after chest trauma.
abstract: Video-assisted thoracoscopy can be a useful tool in selected chest trauma patients for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. A metallic foreign body, embedded in peripheral lung parenchyma, was removed successfully with blood clot evacuation and limited decortication of lung in a hemodynamically stable 10-year-old patient using a video-assisted thoracoscopic technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, 110029, India.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Chandan Jyoti
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jindal
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals