{"pk":1058,"title":"Anterior Lung Evisceration Following an Assault with Knife: A Case Report","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Introduction:\n Evisceration of the lung is a rare consequence of open chest trauma that can be fatal. Evisceration of the lung refers to the protrusion of lung parenchyma through a defect of the thoracic wall, without parietal pleural or skin coverage.\nCase report:\n A 20-year-old man was brought to the emergency department (ED) with left lung evisceration from stab wounds. The eviscerated lung was left in place, and the patient was not intubated in the ED. He was immediately taken to the operating room (OR) for intubation and surgical repair. Other significant injuries were ruled out, the eviscerated lung was retrieved, the chest wall defect was closed, and the patient recovered well. He was discharged after seven days in good condition.\nConclusion:\n The initial management of patients with lung evisceration is critical to prevent rapid decompensation and death. Appropriate ED airway management, lung retrieval in the OR, and thoracic wall repair is recommended for patients with lung evisceration.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Penetrating injury"},{"word":"open trauma"},{"word":"chest trauma"},{"word":"lung hernias"},{"word":"lung evisceration"}],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9n88g0mj","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Martín","middle_name":"","last_name":"Ferreira-Pozzi","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of the Republic, Maciel hospital, Department of Surgery, Clínica quirúrgica 3, Montevideo, Uruguay","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Pablo Joaquin","middle_name":"","last_name":"Erramouspe","name_suffix":"","institution":"Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; University of California Davis Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Juan Carlos","middle_name":"","last_name":"Folonier","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of the Republic, Maciel hospital, Department of Surgery, Clínica quirúrgica 3, Montevideo, Uruguay","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Mauro Perdomo","middle_name":"","last_name":"Perez","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of the Republic, Maciel hospital, Department of Surgery, Clínica quirúrgica 3, Montevideo, Uruguay","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Daniel González","middle_name":"","last_name":"González","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of the Republic, Maciel hospital, Department of Surgery, Clínica quirúrgica 3, Montevideo, Uruguay","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Erik","middle_name":"G.","last_name":"Laurin","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California Davis Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sacramento, California","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2021-07-27T15:52:04-07:00","date_accepted":"2021-07-27T15:52:04-07:00","date_published":"2021-07-27T15:52:42-07:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/1058/galley/800/download/"}]}