Saved by the Bar: A Report of Bullet Deflection by Nuss Bar

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Saved by the Bar: A Report of Bullet Deflection by Nuss Bar

Journal Title: Trauma Cases and Reviews - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 2

Abstract

This is the case of a 17-year-old male who was saved from a penetrating thoracic gunshot wound by the extra-thoracic segment of a Nuss bar, placed 7 months earlier for treatment of a pectus excavatum defect. We discuss the significance of non-penetrating thoracic trauma and the workup involved.

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EP ID EP353836
DOI 10.23937/2469-5777/1510055
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