This is the first report in the literature to describe removing war-related cardiothoracic shrapnel using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). War blast caused penetrating thoracic and extremity injuries in 30-year-old man. He was referred to our hospital after stabilization. Magnetic resonance imaging was required to evaluate brachial plexus injury. Large, penetrating shrapnel fragment...

Gunshot wound injuries to the face result in a varied scope of traumatic injuries. Mandible fractures may occur through this mechanism of injury, however when caused by firearms, the patterns of fracture and overall composite defects resulting are unique. The velocity of the weapon and the distance from which the injury occurred often determines the extent of injury produced from the penetratin...

Combined cervicothoracical vascular traumas are very uncommon, mostly resulting from penetrating injuries. These injuries are accompanied with very high morbidity and mortality rates. In this manuscript we present a case of hemodinamycally unstable trauma patient whose major injury was penetrating trauma of both cervical and mediastinal major vessels. The standard surgical approach of median st...

introduction: screening of patients with anterior abdominal penetrating trauma in need for laparotomy is an important issue in management of these cases. this study aimed to compare the accuracy of abdominal wall ultrasonography (awu) and local wound exploration (lwe) in this regard. methods: this diagnostic accuracy study was conducted on ≥ 18 year-old patients presenting to emergency departme...

OBJECTIVE To study the demographics and treatment outcome of penetrating neck injuries presenting to a major trauma centre in order to develop a treatment protocol. DESIGN A case review. SETTING A trauma centre at a tertiary care institution. PATIENTS One hundred and thirty consecutive patients who had 134 neck wounds penetrating the platysma and presented to the trauma service between 19...

Pressure cooker is an integral part of Asian kitchen, and is frequently used in Nepal. Steam under pressure generated while cooking has high boiling point and great penetrating power. The use of pressure cooker in kitchen is associated with unintentional injuries that mostly include pressure cooker burns. In rare instances the pressure cooker may accidently explode and may cause serious injurie...

Penetrating heart injuries can be lethal. Here we report a case of self-inflicted cardiac injury with glass fragments by a psychiatric patient. The patient presented with cardiogenic shock and was initially treated surgically for a large pneumothorax and cardiac tamponade. A few days later she presented with dyspnoea and hypotension. An echo-Doppler study was performed and an acquired post-trau...

157 Thoracic injury in a filly INTRODUCTION Thoracic injuries are relatively uncommon in horses and may follow blunt or penetrating trauma (1). The most common cause of trauma is collision with an inanimate object (2). Equine thoracic trauma may require rapid emergency measures in order to save the horse from life-threatening complications such as pneumothorax, hemothorax, pleuritis, diaphragma...

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 Trauma, especially chest and abdominal trauma are increasing due to the growing number of vehicles on the roads, which leads to an increased incidence of road accidents. Urbanization, industrialization and additional problems are the other associated factors which accelerate this phenomenon. A better understanding of the etiology and pattern of such injuries can help to improve the m...