Bilateral thoracotomy due to 3 gunshot injuries to the chest | Figure 1

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Bilateral thoracotomy due to 3 gunshot injuries to the chest. Heart, great vessels and left lung were not affected; the right lung was under the respective surgical management. The patient is in recovery. (The picture was taken just before the left thoracotomy closure)

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