title: Vacuum-Assisted Closure for Successful Treatment of a Major Contaminated Gunshot Chest-Wound: A Case Report.
abstract: Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) is a well-established treatment for complicated wound infections and chronic wounds, including poststernotomy mediastinitis. The use of VAC in treating high-energy trauma has been more limited. We present a case where VAC was successfully used to treat a contaminated self-inflicted gunshot-wound of the chest and abdomen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, IS 101, Reykjavík, Iceland. tomasgudbjartsson@hotmail.com.|Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland. tomasgudbjartsson@hotmail.com.|Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, IS 101, Reykjavík, Iceland. tomasgudbjartsson@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gudbjartsson
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.
authors.forename: Helgi K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Sigurdsson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.|Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
authors.forename: Engilbert
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sigurdsson
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.|Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kjartansson
keywords: Abdominal trauma; Chest trauma; Multiple trauma; Reconstructive surgery; Soft tissue injuries and infection; Thoracic; Thoracic and abdominal; Wound healing