Conservative management of gunshot oesophageal injuries: A report of two consecutive exceptional cases

Oesophageal trauma carries high mortality and morbidity. For penetrating intrathoracic oesophageal injury, surgical repair has been the standard for decades to avoid its devastating consequences. Case report: Both patients presented with a thoracoabdominal gunshot wound and retained intraabdominal m...

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Main Authors: Francesco Virdis, Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Andrew John Nicol, Pradeep Harkison Navsaria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X16300519