Totally intramyocardial bullet in a clinically stable patient: a successfully managed case from a low income country. Issue 4 (13th April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fekadu, Desalegn; Bezabih, Abebe; Tesfaye, Mahlet; Hayato, Abdella; Muluneh, Natnael; Kejela, Segni
• Is Part Of: Journal of surgical case reports. Volume 2023:Issue 4(2023)
• Publication Date: 2023-04-13
• Subjects: Surgery -- Periodicals; Surgery -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 617.005
• DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjad013
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2042-8812

Abstract

Abstract: Intra-cardiac retained bullets rare entities in clinical practice owing to the high mortality associated with it. We present a case of a 26-year-old male patient presented 24 days after sustaining a bullet injury to the left side of the chest. Intra-operatively totally myocardial bullet was found within the right ventricle and extracted successfully.