title: [Knife injury to the thoracic aorta and spinal cord. Report on an"almost-mistake"].
abstract: We report the surgical treatment of a thoracic knife injury with lesions of the aorta and the myelon. An initially incomplete revision of the wound nearly resulted in a critical situation. Complete revision of a wound is obligatory in a penetrating injury, when a relevant structure is possibly injured.
authors: Klinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Visceral-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Johannes Wesling-Klinikum Minden, Minden.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Gitei
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Akkermann
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Jagoda
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Steinhoff
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Krüger
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Gerdes
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*