Repair of Cardiac and Pulmonary Damage caused by Stabbing with a Kitchen Knife;Report of a Case

A 51-year-old woman was stabbed in the chest with a kitchen knife. Twenty minutes after arrival at our hospital by ambulance, she was transferred to the operating room, and a cardiopulmonary bypass was established from the right femoral artery and vein, and a median sternotomy was performed. The kni...

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Published inKyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery Vol. 68; no. 2; p. 113
Main Authors Odate, Tomohiro, Hashizume, Kouji, Yamasaki, Naoya, Miyazaki, Takuro, Ariyoshi, Tsuneo, Hisata, Youichi, Tanigawa, Kazuyoshi, Miura, Takashi, Nagaji, Shun, Tasaki, Yuichi, Eishi, Kiyoyuki
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.02.2015
Subjects
Female
Heart Injuries - surgery
Humans
Lung - surgery
Lung Injury - surgery
Middle Aged
Suicide, Attempted
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:A 51-year-old woman was stabbed in the chest with a kitchen knife. Twenty minutes after arrival at our hospital by ambulance, she was transferred to the operating room, and a cardiopulmonary bypass was established from the right femoral artery and vein, and a median sternotomy was performed. The knife had damaged the surface of the heart and penetrated the lingular segment of the left lung. Both wounds were directly sutured. Chest X-rays taken after closing the chest showed bleeding in the left lung probably because of the administration of heparin. Bleeding was controlled by lingulectomy. The postoperative course was uneventful.
ISSN:0021-5252