Thoracoscopy is being increasingly utilized in stable patients to manage both blunt and penetrating injuties. The case of a patient who presented with a knife impaled in the chest is reported. The knife was able to be removed under thoracoscopic guidance, avoiding thoracotomy. © 2008 Pulsus Group Inc. All rights reserved.
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Isenburg, S., Jackson, N., & Karmy-Jones, R. (2008). Removal of an impaled knife under thoracoscopic guidance. Canadian Respiratory Journal, 15(1), 39–40. https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/452421
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