Citation

Schulz C, Sudkamp NP, Khodadadayan C, Haas NP, Neuhaus P. Aktuelle Traumatol. 1994; 24(3): 75-78.

Vernacular Title

Penetrierende Thoraxverletzungen--Eine 10-Jahres-Analyse uber 179 Patienten.

Affiliation

Klinikum Rudolf Virchow der Freien Universität Berlin, Unfallchirurgische Klinik.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8048366

Abstract

179 patients with penetrating chest wall and thoracic injuries were treated at the University Hospital "Rudolf Virchow" in Berlin between 1982 and 1992. Most patients (72.4%) were successfully treated with closed tube thoracostomy alone. 33 (18.4%) patients required thoracotomy, 14 (7.8%) due to injury of the great vessels and 15 (8.3%) due to cardiac injuries. In 10 (5.5%) patients also abdominal organs were compromised, so that also a laparotomy had to be done. Seven (3.9%) patients died. All but one patients who died, died in the OR or within 24 h of admission. So lethality in the group of cardiac wounds was 44.6% (7 out of 15). This underlines the necessity of most rapid transport to the hospital in case of thoracic injury.

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