Hey #medtwitter! Today #scientissimum would like to show you an #emergency #surgery #trauma case. The patient she was found to have suffered a gunshot wound, broken ribs, but otherwise unhurt. There was a bullet entry wound on the left side of her chest.🎈🎈 (1/5)
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#MondayMorning
but the rib fracture was seen on the right. Evidence pointed out that after entering the left side, the bullet bounced off across her sternum and into the right breast, fracturing her right rib. Evidence pointed out that after entering the left side, (2/5)
the bullet bounced off across her sternum and into the right breast, fracturing her right rib.
Had the bullet penetrated the left side of the chest, it would have caused injury to the heart and left lung, costing her life. Using a high-resolution CT scan, the doctors were (3/5)
Had the bullet penetrated the left side of the chest, it would have caused injury to the heart and left lung, costing her life. Using a high-resolution CT scan, the doctors were (3/5)
able to analyze the bullet’s trajectory in the patient. The change in bullet’s trajectory could only have happened due to the implant as there was no evidence of any bone injury on the left side. The patient’s implants were removed, and after a long course of antibiotics (4/5)
patient was discharged. The second photo shows the intraoperative view of left breast implant showing bullet trajectory through the implant.👀
Case from Savageparamedics on IG
Case from Savageparamedics on IG
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