Citation

Suleman ND, Rasoul HA. Injury 1985; 16(6): 382-384.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

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PMID

4008028

Abstract

One hundred and fifty battle casualties with injuries of the chest are reported; most of them resulted from shell fragments. More than 70 per cent were treated by closed drainage by a tube. Early thoracotomy was required in 7.3 per cent of cases, and 5 per cent required a late thoracotomy for complications. Selected cases of flail chest injuries were treated without operation. The mortality rate in our series was 3.3 per cent.

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