Open AccessPenetrating and blunt injuries of the heart - an abdominal surgeon’s personal experience in Serbia
Author(s) -
R Aleksandar Karamarkovic,
Jovan Juloski,
Vladica Čuk,
M Jovana Bojicic,
Aleksadar Karamarković,
R Vladimir Cijan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh201231052k
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , abdominal trauma , penetrating trauma , surgery , general surgery , blunt trauma , medical emergency
. In the world with constantly increasing incidence of violence and trauma on one side, and more and more specialized surgeons on the other, the question about the role of abdominal surgeons in cardiac trauma emerges. The objective of this article is to show personal experience of an abdominal surgeon in managing heart trauma. Outlines of cases. We present two penetrating injuries and one blunt trauma of the heart successfully managed by an abdominal surgeon. Conclusion. Abdominal surgeons should feel comfortable with the decision to operate on greatly physiologically deranged patients with penetrating chest trauma, and not to delay the operation with conservative measures or with time-consuming transport to remote specialized facilities, since that could lead to greater death percentage of these patients.