results: patients in the case and control groups were similar in age and admission vital signs. during the second operation, the bleeding volumes measured in the case and control groups were 66 ± 27.01 ml and 152 ± 85.4 ml, respectively. there was some pad-induced damage after the removal of the pad in the control group. patients and methods: twenty male patients with grade iv or v liver injuri...

background there is significant prevalence of physical injuries sustained by civilian recruits at military training garrisons. civilian recruits sustain these injuries mostly during the intensive and rigorous military combat-training period. objectives we sought to determine the prevalence and causes of oral and maxillofacial injuries as the first step in reducing and preventing them in civilia...

conclusions a long-term longitudinal study encompassing integrated research is needed to fully understand the traumatic experiences of caregivers. unless research on tbi or dai trauma is given its proper attention, the burden of trauma and injury on societies will continue to exacerbate globally. context as with care giving and rehabilitation in chronic illnesses, the concern with traumatic bra...

early prediction of ongoing hemorrhage may reduce mortality via the earlier delivery of blood products, adequate orientation of the patient in a dedicated highly specialized and trained infrastructure, and by earlier correction of acute traumatic coagulopathy. we identified 14 scores or algorithms developed for the prediction of ongoing hemorrhage and the need for massive transfusion in severe ...

conclusions we can conclude that the surveillance presented to our injured group probably had some defects that need to be revised in therapeutic services to enhance survival requirements. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of trauma cases using the trauma score and the injury severity score (triss) model and then comparing this with the results of a major trauma outco...

introduction fishing is a leisure activity for some people around the world. accidently the fish hook can get hooked in the hand. if the hook is barbed, removal becomes difficult. we report a case of such a injury in the hand and discuss the technique for its removal with a brief review of the literature. case presentation a thirty-two year old male accidently suffered a fishhook injury to his ...

conclusions in our case the prfg completely resolved a long-standing fistula resistant to exhaustive conservative management. the treatment with prfg has been proved to be effective in the selected cases and it seems that traumatic esophago-cutaneous fistula may be one of these selections. application of fibrin sealant should be considered early in the management of these difficult clinical pro...

introduction: traumatic arteriovenous fistula (avf) called to an abnormal relationship between artery and vein which occurs in 10% of arterial traumas. if treatment of avf due to trauma delayed, different outcomes including heart failure, varices and varicose ulcers may accure. in case of chronic traumatic avf, open surgery may lead to remarkable outcomes, presence of many lateral veins and var...

introduction: standard codes and their descriptions are important tools for research, design, implementation and evaluation of the injury control program and its sub-categories. methods: in this research the medical records of 735 patients diagnosed with injuries, burns or poisonings from teaching-hospitals of the iran, tehran and shahid beheshti medical universities (n=22) were selected to be ...

conclusions considering the fact that road-related accidents are quite predictable and controllable; therefore, the quality promotion of traumatic patients' care, and the road safety should be noted as problems associated with public health. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the patients with chest and abdominal trauma hospitalized in the surgery ward of poursina teaching hospital, g...