BACKGROUND Non-operative management following abdominal stab wounds is possible in selected patients who are both hemodynamically stable and do not have signs of peritonitis. However, the rate of failure of non-operative management is higher in Israel than in western countries. OBJECTIVES To assess the patterns of injury following abdominal stabbing. METHODS Data from the Israeli Trauma Reg...

An extensive review of the literature showed that trauma is the most common cause of pneumocephalus. Most often the trauma involves the frontoethmoidal or other air sinuses. Three types of injuries are frequently described to be responsible for pneumocephalus: (1) automobile accidents, (2) motorcycle accidents, and (3) missile injuries. A thorough review of the literature revealed that there is...

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...

A series of 100 penetrating wounds of the abdomen and thorax is reviewed. Eighty-three were due to stab-wounds. The recent increase in incidence is confirmed and the distribution throughout the day and months of the year is given. The results and methods of treatment of thirtysix abdominal, ten thoraco-abdominal and thirtyseven thoracic wounds are given and described. An operative approach to a...

Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) due to stab injuries are relatively rare (< 1.5% of SCIs) [1], and their surgical management is controversial [1-3]. The incidence of vertebral artery injury in penetrating neck trauma is around 7.4% for stab wounds [4]. We report a unique case of upper cervical spine impalement in which the knife tip was lodged in the occipitocervical level and our surgical strategy...