This study evaluated the demographic and clinical properties, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and outcomes of patients with traumatic diaphragmatic injury. Among 853 patients who presented with blunt or penetrating thoracic injury between January 2010 and December 2016, 22 patients with traumatic diaphragmatic rupture were retrospectively studied. The analysed parameters included age, se...

BACKGROUND Chest trauma is responsible for 50% of deaths due to trauma. This kind of death usually occurs immediately after the trauma has occurred. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the various aspects of chest trauma in patients admitted to two main trauma centers located in the Isfahan Province, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS During a six month period, a cross-sectional study ...

Results Injury type and mechanism were significantly different between the four groups (p<0.0001). The leading cause of trauma were burn injuries (65%) in patients aged less than 1 year, burn injuries (49%) and blunt trauma (49%) in children between 1-5 years, and blunt trauma (81%/ 82%) in 6-10 and 11-15 year old children. Mechanisms of blunt trauma were mainly road traffic accidents, followed...

BACKGROUND Blunt hollow viscus injury (BHVI) is challenging to diagnose. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of physical exam and the role of computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of BHVI. METHODS All blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) admissions to a level 1 trauma center from January 2009 through December 2011 were identified through the trauma registry. Data collected ...

Rectal injuries are caused by a variety of causes, such as stab wounds, gunshot injuries, blunt trauma, and foreign bodies. In particular, extraperitoneal rectal injury secondary to blunt trauma is very rare in the civilian setting and usually seen in association with comminuted fractures of the pelvis or sacrum and evidence of intraperitoneal injury.[1] The management of extraperitoneal rectal...

BACKGROUND The nonoperative management of the blunt splenic injury in haemodynamically stable patients has become an accepted treatment in recent years. We present a case of the blunt splenic injury successfully treated by supraselective embolization with microspheres. CASE REPORT A young hockey player was brought to the Emergency Department with the history of blunt abdominal trauma 2 h earl...

BACKGROUND Canadian trauma units have relatively little experience with major cardiac trauma (disruption of a cardiac chamber) so injury outcome may not be comparable to that reported from other countries. We compared our outcomes to those of other centers. METHODS Records of patients suffering major cardiac trauma over a nine-year period were reviewed. Factors predictive of outcome were anal...

BACKGROUND Blunt injuries to the gallbladder occur rarely, and the incidence of isolated damage to the gallbladder is even smaller. We report a case of delayed presentation of isolated rupture of the gallbladder following blunt trauma to the abdomen. CASE PRESENTATION A 65 year old lady presented through the Emergency Department with a 1 week history of blunt trauma to her abdomen. She compla...

INTRODUCTION In cases of blunt abdominal traumas, predicting the possible intra-abdominal injuries is still a challenge for the physicians involved with these patients. Therefore, this study was designed, to evaluate the accuracy of urinalysis in predicting intra-abdominal injuries. METHODS Patients aged 15 to 65 years with blunt abdominal trauma who were admitted to emergency departments wer...