title: Penetrating fetal trauma with late complications: a case report.
abstract: Survival after direct penetrating trauma to a fetus is very unusual. Our case below illustrates nonoperative management of a penetrating thoracoabdominal gunshot injury to the retroperitoneum with a late complication arising 15 years after the initial incident.
authors.affiliation: Division of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. jdp_001@usc.edu
authors.forename: Jason D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Pasley
authors.forename: Demitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Demetriades
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D049188:Prenatal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000175:diagnosis*