RESUMEN
Es nuestro objetivo comunicar un caso clínico del Hospital Clínico Herminda Martin, en el cual se realizó una reparación torácica con material protésico en un tiempo como consecuencia de un traumatismo penetrante torácico por arma de fuego con pérdida de pared, con buenos resultados.
We report a 21 years old woman that was admitted in the emergency room due to a extensive chest trauma caused by a gunshot. The patient was subjected to an emergency thoracotomy. A right lung lower and middle lobectomy, partial hepatectomy, diaphragmatic suture and mastectomy were performed. A primary chest closure was done, using a Marlex prosthesis covered by a cutaneous flap. During the postoperative period, the patient had a surgical wound infection, that was treated conservatively and was discharged 42 days after surgery.