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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2025

Case study: robotic foreign body removal of bullet in the aortopulmonary window.

Julia Todderud, Arvin Gee, Duy Nguyen

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Julia TodderudWashington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Spokane, WA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3038-1601
Arvin GeeDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Portland, OR, United States.
Duy NguyenDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Portland, OR, United States.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case study reports on a 17-year-old male that underwent robotic assisted foreign body removal after sustaining a gunshot wound to the left upper arm that resulted in the bullet traversing through the chest wall to stop directly in the mediastinum at the aortopulmonary window. The proximity of the foreign body to the great vessels introduced challenges for preoperative imaging and surgical planning, thus becoming the focus of this unique case. Ultimately, the robotic-assisted removal of the bullet was successful without damage to the surrounding structures. To date, no known study has reported on robotic foreign body removal at this anatomic location.

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aortopulmonary grooveaortopulmonary windowforeign body removalgunshot woundmediastinumrobotic-assisted surgerytraumavideo assisted thoracoscopic surgery

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PMID40979414
PMCPMC12449759

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