Article detail · 2009
Comprehensive analysis of 4205 patients with chest trauma: a 10-year experience.
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- 2009
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- YÖKSİS venue Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
- Catalog match (ISSN) Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
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Abstract
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Thoracic trauma is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In this retrospective study, we present our 10-year experience in the management and clinical outcome of 4205 cases with chest trauma associated with blunt and penetrating injuries in a level I trauma hospital in Turkey. In 66% of the cases, blunt injury mostly related to traffic accidents was the cause of chest trauma. Additional organ injuries were found in 35% (n=1471). Conservative treatment was administered for most patients. Tube thoracostomy was administered in 40% of all cases, whereas thoracotomy was performed in 6% (n=252), of which 209 were early interventions (P=0.001). The morbidity rate in all victims was 25.2%. The mortality rate was 9.3% for all patients and was 6.8% in blunt, 1.4% in penetrating, and 17.7% in associated organ injuries. Mortality and injury severity score (ISS) increased in patients having early surgery (P=0.001). Although most patients could be managed with conservative approaches, early thoracotomy was required in some cases. We believe that urgent hospital admission, early diagnosis, and multidisciplinary approach are very important to improve outcome.
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19 publications in the local catalog that cite this work (OpenAlex reference match; not the full global list).
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- Cardiac and great vessel injuries after chest trauma: our 10-year experience. 2011
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- Cardiac Findings of Sternal Fractures Due to Thoracic Trauma: A Five-Year Retrospective Study 2018
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- A pathology not be overlooked in blunt chest trauma: Analysis of 181 patients with bilateral pneumothorax 2018
- A pathology not be overlooked in blunt chest trauma:Analysis of 181 patients with bilateral pneumothorax. 2018