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        news Right-Sided "Trapdoor" Incision Provides Excellent Exposure of Complex Cervicothoracic Vascular Injury: A Case Report

        Presented by:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine / Boris Kessel, Itamar Ashkenazi, Isaak Portnoy, Dan Hebron, Dani Eilam and Ricardo Alfici
        Summary points:A 28-year-old white male presents following a gunshot assault, with penetrating trauma of both cervical and mediastinal major vessels. Right-sided trap-door thoracomy is described; images provided. The authors discuss the effectiveness of this type of incision in complex cervicothoracic trauma.
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