Citation

Dittel KK, Uhlig C, Kraft E. Langenbecks Arch. Chir. 1988; 373(2): 114-121.

Vernacular Title

Die Prognose des Rumpftraumas unter Berücksichtigung seiner Begleitverletzungen.

Affiliation

Chirurgische Abteilung, Marienhospital Stuttgart, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Tübingen.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3374216

Abstract

A total of 301 patients with thoracoabdominal lesions had concomitant craniocerebral lesions (69.1%) and injuries of the locomotor system (66.1%). In 65.4% operative intervention was necessary, while 34.6% could be primarily treated conservatively. Operative emergency therapy was required in the thorax in 34.7%, and in the abdomen in 50%. Under these conditions, the mortality for the thorax was 70.6% and for the abdomen 40.5%. As a result of mostly combined causes (66%), 101 patients died (33.6%). Multiple organ failure was in the high range (80%), while the most frequent single cause of death was craniocerebral trauma, ranking before thoracic and abdominal traumata.

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