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Case Reports
. 2022 May 21:14:148-152.
doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2022.05.011. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Transluminal minimally invasive management of esophageal gunshot wound: The Houdini and friends

Austin Rogers  1 , Rob Allman  1 , Fernando Brea  1 , Dean Yamaguchi  2 , Aundrea Oliver  1 , James Speicher  1 , Mark Iannettoni  1 , Carlos Anciano  1
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Transluminal minimally invasive management of esophageal gunshot wound: The Houdini and friends

Austin Rogers et al. JTCVS Tech. .
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Arrival chest x-ray with arrow pointing projectile in neck zone 1.
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Figure 1
Arrival chest x-ray with arrow pointing the projectile in neck zone 1.
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Figure 2
Computed tomography angiography of the neck demonstrating trans-mediastinal trajectory of the projectile located in the left lower neck.
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