Surgical pulmonary embolectomy in a multi-trauma patient: One-center experience in the resource-limited setting
Pulmonary embolism, a serious complication after trauma, may cause sudden death. We discuss an unusual case of 65-year-old woman who had traffic accident with liver injury and open fracture of both tibia and fibula on the right side. She was diagnosed with massive pulmonary embolism on the second da...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-08-01
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| Series: | SAGE Open Medical Case Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20953753 |