Shin-ah Son, Chae-Min Bae, Tak-Hyuk Oh, Y. Do, Y. Seok, J. Cho
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Abstract
Traumatic pulmonary artery rupture is a rare, life-threatening injury. Currently, no strict guidelines for its management exist. Herein, we report a successful surgical repair of a right pulmonary artery rupture caused by being stepped on.