Fig. 1From: A survived case of penetrating neck injury with intrathoracic organ damagePreoperative image. a A broad-blade kitchen knife penetrating the neck. b Three-dimensional reconstruction from the preoperative computed tomography scan. The knife pierced through the left side of the right brachiocephalic vein and into the right thoracic cavity. c Chest computed tomography showed a right hemopneumothorax with collapse of about half of the right lung and a small amount of thoracic effusionBack to article page