When a patient walks in with a knife in his back: A scene from the movies

Abstract Stab injury is a relatively common assault mode especially in developing countries. Having a preset protocol to follow with multidisciplinary departmental involvement whenever necessary helps with better management and outcome. It is important to rule out injury to the major neurovascular s...

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Main Authors: Tuhin Shah, Arjana Shakya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-12-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3353
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spelling doaj-9192101b989045b5b0635d6a4adec3a52021-08-02T06:23:38ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042020-12-018122961296310.1002/ccr3.3353When a patient walks in with a knife in his back: A scene from the moviesTuhin Shah0Arjana Shakya1Department of Surgery Asia Pacific Medical College Birgunj NepalDepartment of Ophthalmology Asia Pacific Medical College Birgunj NepalAbstract Stab injury is a relatively common assault mode especially in developing countries. Having a preset protocol to follow with multidisciplinary departmental involvement whenever necessary helps with better management and outcome. It is important to rule out injury to the major neurovascular structures in such a presentation both clinically and by investigations.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3353Stab, violence, emergency, home‐made knife
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When a patient walks in with a knife in his back: A scene from the movies
Clinical Case Reports
Stab, violence, emergency, home‐made knife
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Arjana Shakya
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title When a patient walks in with a knife in his back: A scene from the movies
title_short When a patient walks in with a knife in his back: A scene from the movies
title_full When a patient walks in with a knife in his back: A scene from the movies
title_fullStr When a patient walks in with a knife in his back: A scene from the movies
title_full_unstemmed When a patient walks in with a knife in his back: A scene from the movies
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series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2020-12-01
description Abstract Stab injury is a relatively common assault mode especially in developing countries. Having a preset protocol to follow with multidisciplinary departmental involvement whenever necessary helps with better management and outcome. It is important to rule out injury to the major neurovascular structures in such a presentation both clinically and by investigations.
topic Stab, violence, emergency, home‐made knife
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3353
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