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Emergency thoracotomy for blunt thoracic trauma.
OBJECTIVES The indications for emergency thoracotomy are controversial for blunt trauma. The best results were seen in those patients who were stable enough to undergo thoracotomy in the operating theatre and survived the operation. METHODS The hospital records of 29 patients who underwent emergency thoracotomy for blunt thoracic trauma were reviewed. RESULTS Of 964 patients with thoracic t...
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probably have occurred since man first raised a weapon against another of his kind. Three such cases were described in the Smith Papyrus written between 2500 and 3000 B.C.,1 and Homer recorded in the Iliad results of various wounds of the chest inflicted during the siege of Troy.2 As early as about 1267, Theodoric at least suspected certain basic principles of pulmonary physiology and wrote con...
متن کاملThe management of blunt thoracic trauma
DOI 0.1093/bjacepd/mkg171 Trauma accounts for more than 9000 deaths per annum in the UK. One-third are due to road traffic accidents and chest injuries are responsible for one in four of these deaths. They also play a significant part in 25% of other trauma deaths. Patients admitted with chest injuries often have associated multiple injuries. It is usual for many specialities to share the care ...
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OBJECTIVE Thoracic trauma is a common cause of significant morbidity and mortality. This study presents a series of thoracic trauma with the aim to assess epidemiologic features, distribution of pathologies, additional systemic injuries, diagnosis, management and outcome. METHODOLOGY Between January 2007 and December 2011, all patients with thorax trauma admitted to the emergency service of o...
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BACKGROUND In this article, the outcomes, indications and methods of emergency department service resuscitative thoracotomy in cardiac and/or respiratory arrest patients after thoracic trauma are discussed. METHODS Between January 2004 and December 2010, nine resuscitative thoracotomies were performed after thoracic trauma in the emergency department of our hospital. The records of the patien...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Korean Medical Association
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1975-8456
DOI: 10.5124/jkma.2007.50.8.702