The objective of this study was to assess the etiology, diagnosis, treatment methods, surgical findings, postoperative results and necropsy findings of seventeencases of thoracic traumaby evaluating medical records. A car accident, falling down, stabbing and bites were identified asthe causes of trauma. Diagnosed pathologies in the cases included pneumothorax, hemothorax, pulmonary contusion, l...

Recent technological advances have led to improvements in social well being of man’s life in all aspects. This improving and advanced lifestyle is the major cause for some debilitating problems like road traffic accidents. Statistical analysis in literature shows that head and maxillofacial injuries are the most common of these injuries. Recent studies show that fractures of midface are strongl...

IntroductionSpine injury is one of the leading caused for disability in Nepal. Patients with trauma relatedspine leads to neurological dysfunction, focal deficits and even fatal life threating events.The timely intervention acute spinal could save patients from andmortality risk. Imaging modalities like Xray, CT Scan MRI helps diagnosis managementof trauma. plays crucial role detection cord sof...

Traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) are a group of highly debilitating pathologies affecting thousands annually, and adversely quality life. Currently, no fully restorative therapies exist, SCI still results in significant personal, societal financial burdens. Inflammation plays major role the evolution SCI, with myeloid cells, including bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs) microglia (MG) b...

Background High-energy blunt chest injury will bring out severe cardiac and pulmonary injuries. It may cause cardiac contusion, rupture, cardiac valve dysfunction, and aortic laceration [1]. As traumatic hemopericardium occurs, ultrasound is a convenient and reliable tool for diagnosis. We presented a 55-year-old male victim of blunt chest trauma complicated with hemopericardium, cardiac tampon...

47 January 2015, Vol. 105, No. 1 Trauma is a leading cause of death in the developing world, and represents a major burden of disease in South Africa (SA).[1,2] Children are disproportionately affected.[3] Blunt trauma secondary to motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) contributes to the majority of admissions to trauma centres.[4] Significant blunt thoracic trauma in both adults and children require...

BACKGROUND Penetrating chest injuries account for 1-13% of thoracic trauma hospital admissions and most of these are managed with a conservative approach. Nevertheless, 18-30% of cases managed only with tube thoracostomy have residual clotted blood, considered the major risk factor for the development of fibrothorax and empyema. In addition, 4-23% of chest injury patients present persistent pne...

Between November 1980 and September 1985 20 patients in Ireland sustained accidental ocular shotgun injuries severe enough to necessitate hospital admission. Eight patients had contusion injuries and 12 perforating injuries. Contusion damage was disproportionate to the size of the pellet. Through and through perforation of the globe occurred in eight patients; the remaining four patients in thi...

methods retrospective cohort study of blunt trauma patients with rib fractures at a level i trauma center that had both a cxr and a ct chest. the ct finding of ≥ 3 additional fractures in patients with ≤ 3 rib fractures on cxr was considered clinically meaningful. student’s t-test and chi-square analysis were used for comparison. results we identified 499 patients with rib fractures: 93 (18.6%)...

A female, aged 40, was admitted as an in-patient for multiple injuries on 8th July, 1930, sustained from the fall of the ceiling. The injuries were a lacerated wound of the scalp, simple fracture of the right femur, simple fracture of the 7th right rib and contusion of the right side of the chest wall. She developed contusion pneumonia complicated by purulent pleurisy of the right side. In time...