Trans-sternal cardiac injury caused by a hooked needle

Yanar H., Aksoy M., Taviloglu K., Unal E., Kurtoglu M., Nisli K.

EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, cilt.22, sa.10, ss.751-753, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1136/emj.2004.014779
  • Dergi Adı: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.751-753
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Cardiac injuries remain the most challenging of all injuries seen in the field of trauma surgery. Penetrating injury to the heart generally occurs less frequently than blunt injury and most commonly injures the large anterior right ventricle. We present an unusual, and to our knowledge a previously unreported, cause of cardiac penetrating trauma in a child, involving a hooked needle ( a 15 cm long, metallic device usually used for crocheting or lacemaking). A ventricular septal defect was managed conservatively shortly after the primary cardiorrhaphy. Evaluation methods for this rare presentation and its possible surgical treatments are discussed.