Penetrating thoracic and abdominal injuries in children: A series of 38 cases

2011 ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Muazez Çevik ◽  
Mehmet Emin Boleken ◽  
Mehmet Emin Balcıoğlu ◽  
Servet Öcal ◽  
Asım Aydınoğlu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Injuries ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal Injuries

Surgical Management of Blunt Thoracic and Abdominal Injuries in Quebec: A Limited Volume

2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 1421-1426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Bergeron ◽  
Andre Lavoie ◽  
Amina Belcaid ◽  
Lynne Moore ◽  
David Clas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Management ◽  
Abdominal Injuries ◽  
Limited Volume ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal Injuries

Unravelling the Mysteries of Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injury: An Up-to-Date Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-321
Author(s):  
Waleed Abdellatif ◽  
Brandon Chow ◽  
Saira Hamid ◽  
Dina Khorshed ◽  
Faisal Khosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diaphragmatic Injury ◽  
Associated Injuries ◽  
Abdominal Injuries ◽  
Clinical Consequences ◽  
Initial Injury ◽  
Delayed Complications ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal ◽  
Radiologic Sign ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal Injuries ◽  
Overall Mortality

Traumatic diaphragmatic injury (TDI) is an underdiagnosed condition that has recently increased in prevalence due to its association with automobile collisions. The initial injury is often obscured by concurrent thoracic and abdominal injuries. Traumatic diaphragmatic injury itself is rarely lethal at initial presentation, however associated injuries and complications of untreated TDI such as herniation and strangulation of abdominal viscera have serious clinical consequences. There are 2 primary mechanisms of TDIs: penetrating TDI which tend to be smaller, more difficult to detect, and result in fewer complications; and blunt TDIs which are larger and have higher overall mortality due to associated injuries or delayed complications. The anatomy of thoracic and abdominal cavities distinguishes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis of right versus left TDI. Although there is no definitive radiologic sign for diagnosing TDI, many signs have been introduced in the literature and the concurrent presence of multiple signs increases the sensitivity of TDI detection. Conservative versus surgical management depends on mechanism of TDI, side, and most importantly the associated injuries.

Thoracic and Abdominal Injuries in Skiers

1983 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 844-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
GREGORY J. JURKOVICH ◽  
WILLIAM H. PEARCE ◽  
HENRY C. CLEVELAND
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Injuries ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal Injuries

scholarly journals An Autopsy-Based Analysis of Fatal Road Traffic Collisions: How the Pattern of Injury Differs with the Type of Vehicle

Trauma Care ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-172
Author(s):  
Stefano Tambuzzi ◽  
Wendelin Rittberg ◽  
Cristina Cattaneo ◽  
Federica Collini
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Traffic Fatalities ◽  
Abdominal Injuries ◽  
Pattern Of Injury ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal Injuries

In Italy, in only 2018, 3310 people died in road traffic accidents, more than in any other European country. Since the revelation of this occurrence, the authors carried out an analysis aimed at investigating if there was a difference in the injury patterns among different road users. A retrospective post-mortem study on road traffic fatalities was performed, which had been autopsied at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Milan. First, the authors analyzed the epidemiological data of all the 1022 road traffic accidents subjected to an autopsy from 2007 to 2019. Secondly, further analysis of individual autopsy reports was carried out. For this purpose, 180 autopsies belonging to 5 different categories were analyzed: car, pedestrian, motorbike, bicycle, and truck. Seventy-six percent of road traffic fatalities were male, 54% were between 10 and 49 years of age, and 62% of the patients died before arriving at a hospital. “Multiple injuries” was the main cause of death. Traumatic brain injuries were particularly high in pedestrians and cyclists. In car, motorbike, and truck fatalities, thoracic and abdominal injuries were the most frequent. Therefore, pedestrians and cyclists had a higher prevalence for traumatic head injuries, while car, motorcycle, and truck occupants, on the other hand, had a higher prevalence for thoracic and abdominal injuries.

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