Volgograd Journal of Medical Research
Quarterly Journal of Science and Practice

UDK: 616-007.274:611.712

A case report of intrapleural adhesions following a gunshot wound

A. V. Kalashnikov, D. Sh. Salimov

Пятигорский медико-фармацевтический институт – филиал ВолгГМУ; Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра оперативной хирургии и топографической анатомии; ФКУ «ЦВКГ им. П. В. Мандрыка» МО РФ, II хирургическое отделение Центра общей хир

Abstract

The article presents a case report of adhesion formation following a gunshot wound to the thorax. We suggest that the mechanism of adhesion formation is caused by pleural fibrosis, surrounding the foreign body (bullet). External respira- tion was not disturbed.

Keywords

thoracic wound, adhesions, a foreign body, pleural adhesions

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