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How To Treat Fluid In The Chest After A Gunshot Injury?

My brother was shot. An one of his lungs was hit by the bullet. Now he have drainage in the chest.. how can they fix him back? The doctor have to take him to surgery to stitch it or glue it with Staples an said if this dose not work.. and stop the blood an fluids from entering the lungs,They said there s nothing else they can do... what can help him? There got to be some other way..
Thu, 17 May 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

By your history and description, he is having penetrative lung injury. Hemopneumothorax is common after such trauma. Best treatment is VATS (video assisted thoracoscopic surgery). In this, thoracoscope is introduced into the chest cavity. Lung puncture would be sealed either by glu or suture. Success rate for this is very high. So allow the doctor to go for VATS repair. His bleeding will definitely stop.

Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
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How To Treat Fluid In The Chest After A Gunshot Injury?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. By your history and description, he is having penetrative lung injury. Hemopneumothorax is common after such trauma. Best treatment is VATS (video assisted thoracoscopic surgery). In this, thoracoscope is introduced into the chest cavity. Lung puncture would be sealed either by glu or suture. Success rate for this is very high. So allow the doctor to go for VATS repair. His bleeding will definitely stop. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.