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Al Hassani, A., Abdul Rahman, Y., Kanbar, A., El-Menyar, A., Al-Aieb, A., Asim, M. and Latifi, R. (2012) Left Internal Mammary Artery Injury Requiring Resuscitative Thoracotomy: A Case Presentation and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Surgery, 2012, Article ID: 459841.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/459841

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• TITLE: Literature Review for the Management of Isolated Internal Mammary Artery Injury and a Case Managed by Mini-Thoracotomy

  AUTHORS: Mohammad Miah, Mauin Uddin, Jalal Bin Saeid, Syed Al Nahian, Anwar Karim, Ahmed Ashoub

  KEYWORDS: Internal Mammary Artery (IMA), Mini-Thoracotomy, Massive Haemothorax, External Cardiac Tamponade

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol.9 No.8, August 22, 2019

  ABSTRACT: Penetrating injuries to anterior chest may result in life-threatening complications such as massive haemothorax,as a result of injury to the internal mammary artery.Isolated internal mammary injury is a very rare cause of massive haemothorax and associated with high mortality.We are presenting this32-year-old gentleman who sustained a thoracic stab wound and had an emergency right anterior mini-thoracotomyby extending the stab wound rather than standard thoracotomy or sternotomy.This case of isolated penetrating IMA injury managed with mini-thoracotomy is the only documented case so far. We are publishing this case report with patient’s both written and informed consent and institutional approval.This potentially life-threating injury can be managed by mini-thoracotomy with enhanced recovery; however, it is case specific and needs proper judgement.