Trauma is the leading cause of death in young people. Radiologic evaluation of chest injuries in patients begins usually with a simple chest X-ray at the admission time. Unfortunately, chest X-ray has limited sensitivity in detecting thoracic injuries. Many thoracic injuries such as contusions, diaphragmatic injuries, pneumothorax and hemothorax are missed on chest X-ray. Computerized Tomograph...

Blunt thoracic trauma can result in significant morbidity in injured patients. Both chest wall and the intrathoracic visceral injuries can lead to life-threatening complications if not anticipated and treated. Pain control, aggressive pulmonary toilet, and mechanical ventilation when necessary are the mainstays of supportive treatment. The elderly with blunt chest trauma are especially at risk ...

Trauma is an integral part of our society. That truth is reflected in the fact that about 100,000 children die of some form of injury in the United States every year. Since there is great need for prevention of these deaths the nature and distribution of injuries in chiidren is of primary interest. Study of thoracic injuries is particulariy important since they are a substancial source of cripp...

Polytrauma is a syndrome with multiple injuries of defined severity. Patients with chest injuries have a higher possibility to have a spine trauma. In patient with vertebral fracture the prevalence of concomitant thoracic injuries is 2.9%. Thoracic trauma is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in polytraumatized patient and acute spinal cord injury is one of the most causes of disability ...

To analyze the characteristics and treatment of middle-super thoracic fractures associated with the sternum fracture, twenty six patients with middle-super thoracic fractures associated with the sternum fracture were retrospectively reviewed. The intimate information of patients including age, gender, cause of injury, site of the sternal fracture, level and type of thoracic vertebral fracture, ...

The diagnosis and management of blunt thoracic aortic injuries have seen significant changes over the last decade. The purposeful delay of definitive repair by aggressive blood pressure management has been suggested to be safe, and deliberate nonoperative management may be a reasonable alternative in selected patients with minimal aortic injuries detected with contrast-enhanced computed tomogra...

Scapulo-thoracic dissociation is an infrequent injury resulting from high energy trauma which is often associated with severe neurological and vascular injuries which may be unrecognised at the time of presentation. A 24 year-old female presented with bilateral rib fractures, pneumothorax, liver and kidney injuries following a road traffic accident. She also sustained fractures of her right sca...

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...

BACKGROUND Thoraco-abdominal traumatic injuries affect the inferior part of the thoracic cavity and the superior part of the abdominal cavity. This study summarizes five years of our surgical department's experience in the diagnosis and management of thoracoabdominal trauma patients. METHODS We examined records from our surgical and emergency room departments from January 1996 to December 200...

BACKGROUND The frequency of penetrating trauma is low in Canada. Current recommendations for the care of patients with penetrating injuries originate from inner city trauma centres with a high volume of such injuries and may not apply to Canada. The purpose of this study was to review the incidence and treatment of penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries in the 4 tertiary trauma centres in Quebec...