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  • Title: Delayed presentation of a penetrating suprarenal aortic injury: case report.
    Author: Martella AT, Coomaraswamy M.
    Journal: J Trauma; 1993 Jan; 34(1):148-50. PubMed ID: 8437183.
    Abstract:
    Death from exsanguination is the immediate outcome in more than 80% of penetrating wounds of the aorta. We report a case in which a gunshot wound to the upper abdomen produced a full-thickness laceration to the diaphragmatic aorta that was missed during the initial exploratory laparotomy. Only 3 days later did the patient develop symptoms of a vascular injury and require reoperation.
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