A<unk>  (TMGSW) is a penetrating injury to a person's thorax in which a bullet enters the mediastinum, possibly damaging some of the major structures in this area. Hemodynamic instability has been reported in approximately fifty percent of cases with a mortality rate ranging from twenty to forty percent. Some studies have shown marked improvement in the mortality rate of patients who survived transfer to the operating room rather than being treated surgically in the ER.
Transmediastinal gunshot wound
Thoracic aorta injury
Pulmonary laceration
Mediastinal lymphadenopathy
Tracheoinnominate fistula
Esophageal rupture
Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction
Retropharyngeal abscess