1Postgraduates, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, KIMS, Hubballi
2Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, KIMS, Hubballi
*Corresponding author: Dr. Ravindra Kumar C N Postgraduate, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi. Karnataka. Mob: 9538432275, e-mail: drravindracn@gmail.com
Online published on 8 July, 2016.
Penetrating chest traumas are highly lethal injuries and those surviving to hospital have an overall mortality approaching to 80%. Reported mortality statistics vary broadly and are awfully dependent on mechanism of wounding and internal organs involved. Despite considerable advances in pre-hospital care, operative techniques and intensive care management, the mortality has not changed over several decades. Here we present a case report where a contract worker working on railway track, sustained a penetrating chest injury by a metal piece.
Penetrating injuries, metal piece, chest injury, thoracic cavity
