Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tarmiz, Amine, MD
• Lopez, Stéphane, MD
• Honton, Ben, MD
• Riu, Béatrice, MD

Titel

Surgical Repair of Rupture of the Membranous Septum After Blunt Chest Trauma

Ist Teil von

• The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2011, Vol.91 (1), p.e3-e4

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Rupture of the membranous septum is a very rare complication of blunt chest trauma. In this report, we describe a 22-year-old man who sustained multiple blunt trauma injuries during a motor vehicle accident. Rupture of the membranous septum was diagnosed 48 hours after the initial trauma and the defect was closed with Gore-Tex (W.L. Gore & Assoc, Flagstaff, AZ). However, the operation was complicated by complete atrioventricular block requiring implantation of a permanent DDD pacemaker.