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  • Title: [Penetrating cardiac and pulmonary injury by a nail-gun: report of a case].
    Author: Sakata J, Sasaki A.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 2003 Feb; 56(2):169-71. PubMed ID: 12635332.
    Abstract:
    A 64-year-old man underwent emergency operation for self-inflicted penetrating cardiac and pulmonary injury by a nail-gun. Chest films on admission showed 5 nails penetrating the thorax and one of these nails had reached into pericardium. Emergency surgery was performed by median sternotomy and the 5 nails in the chest wall were totally removed and the wound of right ventricle and lung were closed with direct mattress sutures without cardio-pulmonary bypass. Post operative course was uneventful and he was transferred to the psychiatric ward for the treatment of depression at post operative 7 days.
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