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Gudbjartsson T, Sigurdsson HK, Sigurdsson E, et al. Vacuum-Assisted Closure for Successful Treatment of a Major Contaminated Gunshot Chest-Wound: A Case Report. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2008;34(5):508doi: 10.1007/s00068-008-8016-x.
Gudbjartsson, T., Sigurdsson, H. K., Sigurdsson, E., & Kjartansson, J. (2008). Vacuum-Assisted Closure for Successful Treatment of a Major Contaminated Gunshot Chest-Wound: A Case Report. European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society, 34(5), 508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-008-8016-x
Gudbjartsson, Tomas, et al. "Vacuum-Assisted Closure for Successful Treatment of a Major Contaminated Gunshot Chest-Wound: A Case Report." European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society vol. 34,5 (2008): 508. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-008-8016-x
Gudbjartsson T, Sigurdsson HK, Sigurdsson E, Kjartansson J. Vacuum-Assisted Closure for Successful Treatment of a Major Contaminated Gunshot Chest-Wound: A Case Report. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2008 Oct;34(5):508. doi: 10.1007/s00068-008-8016-x. Epub 2008 Jul 25. PMID: 26815996.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2008 Oct;34(5):508. doi: 10.1007/s00068-008-8016-x. Epub 2008 Jul 25.

Vacuum-Assisted Closure for Successful Treatment of a Major Contaminated Gunshot Chest-Wound: A Case Report.

European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society

Tomas Gudbjartsson, Helgi K Sigurdsson, Engilbert Sigurdsson, Jens Kjartansson

Affiliations

  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, IS 101, Reykjavík, Iceland. [email protected].
  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland. [email protected].
  3. Department of General Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.
  4. Department of Psychiatry, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.
  5. Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
  6. Department of Plastic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.

PMID: 26815996 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-008-8016-x

Abstract

Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) is a well-established treatment for complicated wound infections and chronic wounds, including poststernotomy mediastinitis. The use of VAC in treating high-energy trauma has been more limited. We present a case where VAC was successfully used to treat a contaminated self-inflicted gunshot-wound of the chest and abdomen.

Keywords: Abdominal trauma; Chest trauma; Multiple trauma; Reconstructive surgery; Soft tissue injuries and infection; Thoracic; Thoracic and abdominal; Wound healing

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