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Two Self-Stabbing Pneumothorax Cases
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Case Report
VOLUME: 6 ISSUE: 3
P: 217-219
July 2018

Two Self-Stabbing Pneumothorax Cases

Bezmialem Science 2018;6(3):217-219
DOI: 10.14235/bs.2017.1311
Ertan SÖNMEZ 1
Abuzer ÖZKAN 2
Bedia GÜLEN 1
Hüseyin METİN 1
Osman Cemil AKDEMİR 3
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
2. Clinic of Emergency Medicine, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
3. Department of Chest Surgery, Bezmialem Vakif University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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Received Date: 26.07.2016
Accepted Date: 27.02.2017
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ABSTRACT

Self-inflicted chest stabbing complicated with tension pneumothorax (TPX) is a rare condition. We report two stabbing cases which were complicated with pneumothorax and were successfully treated.

Keywords: Tension pneumothorax, thoracostomy, suicide

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