Successful surgical treatment of a patient with combined gunshot shrapnel injuries in the heart and brain complicated by middle cerebral artery pseudoaneurysm

Summary: Successful step-by-step treatment of a combined gunshot shrapnel injury of the brain, damaging the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) branches, and penetrating myocardium injury is discussed. Open brain and heart surgeries were performed. A left MCA pseudoaneurysm was formed postoperatively....

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Main Authors: Andrii Sirko, Ihor Kyrpa, Vasyl Lazorishinets, Mykola Zorin, Yuri Cherednychenko, Illya Plyushchev, Dmytro Romanukha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Trauma Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644018300347