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case_images: CXR with a Shrapnel stuck in pleural space pre-operatively.
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case_images: He was transferred to the tertiary care hospital with a chest drain in situ, shrapnel stuck in the pleural space, and with a flail chest (Fig. 1A) in July 2018. The shrapnel (Fig. 1B) was lying against a collapsed right upper and middle lobe, with laceration of both lobes.
case_images: Intra-operative findings.
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case_images: The patient was then transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) in a stable state after a bronchoscopy was done and found to be normal (Fig. 2a). Fixblu plate and screws were used to reconstruct the chest wall. Four ribs were plated and again the patient was transferred to the (ICU) in a stable state (Fig. 2b).