TY - JOUR T1 - A role for video assisted thoracoscopy in stable penetrating chest trauma JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 386 LP - 387 DO - 10.1136/emj.2003.014076 VL - 22 IS - 5 AU - R Hanvesakul AU - A Momin AU - M J Gee AU - M T Marrinan Y1 - 2005/05/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/5/386.abstract N2 - A 40 year old woman presented to a district general hospital following a stabbing to the back of her chest with a large bread knife. She arrived with the knife still in situ (fig 1). On initial assessment she was found to be haemodynamically stable with no other injuries. Chest x ray revealed a knife and a small right pneumothorax (fig 2). An intercostal chest drain was inserted and 450 ml of blood drained. As she remained haemodynamically stable she was transferred to the … ER -