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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Letter to the Editor

Retained broken beer bottle following penetrating thoracic trauma: challenges in diagnosis and treatment dilemma

Konstantinos Grapatsas
1
,
Petraq Mustaqe
2
,
Agron Dogjani
3
,
Benjamin Ehle
4
,
Emmanuil Dimopoulos
5
,
Anastasia Papaporfyriou
6
,
Michail Galanis
7
,
Athanasios Papatriantafyllou
8
,
Francesk Mulita
9
,
Efstratios Koletsis
10
,
Levan Tchabashvili
9
,
Elias Liolis
11
,
Konstantinos Tasios
9
,
Andreas Antzoulas
9
,
Dimitrios Litsas
12
,
Manfred Dahm
8
,
Vasileios Leivaditis
8

  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen Essen, Germany
  2. Department of Vascular Surgery, General Hospital of Vlore, Vlore, Albania
  3. Department of General Surgery, University of Medicine, Tirana, Tirana, Albania
  4. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Asklepios Lung Clinic Munich-Gauting, Gauting, Germany
  5. Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Marienhospital Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
  6. Department of Pulmonology, Internal Medicine II, Vienna University Hospital, Vienna, Austria
  7. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  8. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, WestpfalzKlinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany
  9. Department of General Surgery, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece
  10. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece
  11. Department of Oncology, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
  12. Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Lamia, Lamia, Greece
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (3): 177-180
Online publish date: 2024/09/24
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