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Eur J Trauma Emerg S · Oct 2008
Vacuum-Assisted Closure for Successful Treatment of a Major Contaminated Gunshot Chest-Wound: A Case Report.
- Tomas Gudbjartsson, Helgi K Sigurdsson, Engilbert Sigurdsson, and Jens Kjartansson.
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, IS 101, Reykjavík, Iceland. tomasgudbjartsson@hotmail.com.
- Eur J Trauma Emerg S. 2008 Oct 1;34(5):508.
AbstractVacuum-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.
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