blunt injury to the chest can affect any one or all components of the chest wall and thoracic cavity. the clinical presentation of patients with blunt chest trauma varies widely and ranges from minor reports of pain to florid shock. traumatic tricuspid valve regurgitation is a rare cardiovascular complication of blunt chest trauma. tricuspid valve regurgitation is usually begotten by disorders ...

Diaphragmatic injuries (DI)-a frequent accompaniment of thoraco abdominal trauma remains a diagnostic challenge to surgeons and radiologists. (1-4) Case reports and case series describe myriad ways in which this condition can present early, or in a delayed fashion following either blunt or penetrating trauma (5-9). However it is important to recognize DI early because of the serious morbidity a...

The most common mechanism of blunt thoracic trauma is an MVC, followed by falls, assaults, and crush injuries. Compressive forces directly injure the thoracic cage and underlying viscera and result in rib fractures and pulmonary contusion. Deceleration produces traction on fixed structures such as the isthmus of the aorta and the carina and results in traumatic aortic and tracheobronchial injur...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Blunt ocular trauma to a corneal transplanted eye represents a higher risk for wound rupture at the donor-recipient interface. We have evaluated the causes, clinical characteristics, treatment and outcome, particularly the graft's clarity, in patients with traumatic wound dehiscence after penetrating keratoplasty. METHODS Between March 1996 and April 2006, over a period...

Neck trauma is the leading cause of death mainly in younger persons posing to surgeons the dilemma whether to proceed with reconstruction of vascular injuries either in the presence of coma or in severe neurological deficit. Vascular injuries in zone II predominate over the other injuries located in zones I/III of the neck. Conventional open repair of carotid injuries with primary closure or in...

Pneumomediastinum is often an incidental finding following a blunt or penetrating trauma to the neck or chest. We report a rare case of pneumomediastinum following an isolated facial trauma that was diagnosed on imaging. We also review the clinical signs of this condition, its radiologic characteristics, and the 18 previously reported cases of pneumomediastinum following facial trauma.

purpose: to report the characteristics of children referred to the emergency department of feiz medical center with penetrating eye injuries. methods: in a cross-sectional study, children with penetrating eye trauma were evaluated. age, sex, parents educational level, time, location, and cause of trauma recorded and compared. results: overall, 100 patients with mean age of 7±3.8 (range 2 to 16 ...

BACKGROUND We sought to characterize risk factors for failed closure after damage-control laparotomy and to examine the impact of two broad categories of open abdomen-management technique on rates of fascial approximation. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed (January 2006-December 2008) all trauma patients with an open abdomen after damage-control laparotomy. Patients with definitive abdomina...

INTRODUCTION Isolated thoracic injuries are relatively common and they are on the second place as a cause of death overall trauma. Most patients with isolated thoracic injuries are treated on an outpatient basis while only serious cases are hospitalized. The basis of the treatment of thoracic trauma is efficient cardiopulmonary reanimation followed by an early detection and treatment of life th...