Objective: As different morphologies and postures of human body models (HBMs) are developed, simulations of occupants in real world motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) can become more sensitive to injury risk factors. Despite the detail of modern HBMs, most dynamic analyses of these models studied body region-level injury metrics like displacements and accelerations, while most element-level analys...

Thoracic type B2 fractures are high-energy injuries. It is crucial to maintain a high index of suspicion for concomitant visceral injuries. A 33-year-old man presented after a motor vehicle accident with a T4 type B2.3 fracture with an associated sternum fracture. He was treated with a T4 corpectomy and an expandable titanium cage and lateral plate construct at T3-T5. Two months later he develo...

INTRODUCTION Doing Chest X Ray (CXR) for all trauma patients is not efficient and cost effective due to its low diagnostic value. The present study was designed aiming to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of thoracic injury rule out criteria (TIRC) in prediction of traumatic intra-thoracic injuries and need for CXR. METHOD The present study is a prospective cross-sectional study that has been ...

According to statistics, chest injuries rank third in prevalence and are characterized by high mortality, which is 35 – 45%. This article presents a patient diagnosed treated for bilateral pulmonary contusion with post-traumatic pneumonitis after combined mine-explosive injury. Purpose. Of particular interest the clinician understanding of lung injury from standpoint interpretation diagnosis, m...

In general the passive safety capability is much greater in newer versus older cars due to the stiff compartment preventing intrusion in severe collisions. However, the stiffer structure which increases the deceleration can lead to a change in injury patterns. In order to analyse possible injury mechanisms for thoracic and lumbar spine injuries, data from the German In‐Depth Acciden...

esophageal perforation continues to be a difficult diagnostic and management problem. recommendations regarding treatment remain controversial. 17 patients with perforation of the esophagus were retrospectively reviewed at the thoracic surgery unit of imam khomeini hospital between 1981 and 1992. the majority of the injuries involved the thoracic esophagus (10 or 59%), followed by the cervical ...