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Pattern and Outcome of Chest Injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2011
Chest injuries constitute a continuing challenge to the trauma or general surgeon practicing in developing countries. This study was conducted to outline the etiological spectrum, injury patterns and short term outcome of these injuries in our setting ...
A Kalliopi, A Kuzuku, AA Adem, C Cooper, C Raul, CJ Aylwin, D Wisner, DL Miller, E Blasco, EQ Archampong, F William, FA Massaga, G Chalkiadakis, G Ozgen, I Inci, I Inci, I Inci, Joseph B Mabula, JS Bender, K Frimpong-Boateng, K Park, KN Kimberly, LG Grover, LM Museru, M Atri, M Bishop, Monafisha K Lema, N Ali, OF Grimes, P Catoire, Phillipo L Chalya, R Lambrecth, RM Shorr, S Avakan, S Taché, SA Dulchavsky, T Gizaw, T Otieno, WH Harrison, William Mahalu   +39 more
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The Libyan civil conflict : selected case series of orthopaedic trauma managed in Malta in 2014 [PDF]

, 2015
Aim: The purpose of this series of cases was to analyse our management of orthopaedic trauma casualties in the Libyan civil war crisis in the European summer of 2014. We looked at both damage control orthopaedics and for case variety of war trauma at a
Borg, Joseph N., Mifsud, Max, Mizzi, Colin, Ng, Colin   +3 more
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Developing risk factors for post traumatic empyema in patients with chest trauma

Journal of Acute Disease, 2015
Objective: To establish the risk factors associated to development of empyema posttraumatic in patients with chest trauma managed with closed thoracostomy.
María del Pilar Quiroga, José Daniel Charry, Nicolás Becerra, Juan Camilo Garcia, Eliana Karina Muñoz, Rodrigo Lara   +5 more
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Delayed massive hemothorax requiring surgery after blunt thoracic trauma over a 5-year period: complicating rib fracture with sharp edge associated with diaphragm injury [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2018
Delayed massive hemothorax requiring surgery is relatively uncommon and can potentially be life-threatening. Here, we aimed to describe the nature and cause of delayed massive hemothorax requiring immediate surgery.
Sung Wook Chang, Kyoung Min Ryu, Jae-Wook Ryu   +2 more
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TOpic: rare and special cases, the real "Strange cases" [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: The bladder hernia represents approximately 1-3% of all inguinal hernias, where patients aged more than 50 years have a higher incidence (10%).
AUTIERI, DOMENICO, Axer, S, Basilico, G, Bertoglio, C, Bhatia, P, Bindal, V, Califano, A, CARBONE, Antonio, Carnevali, P, CAVALLARO, Giuseppe, Chan, S, Chiu, P, Demartini, P, Di Lernia, S, Ertem, M, Ferrari, G, Forgione, A, Gök, H, Hansske, B, Infantino, A, IORIO, OLGA, John, S, Kalhan, S, Khetan, M, KOSUTA, Miran, Lauretta, A, LETO, ANTONINO, Magistro, C, Marini, M, Micheletto, G., Monclús, J. López, Ng, E, Ozveri, E, Paksoy, M, PALLESCHI, GIOVANNI, PANIZZO, ANDREA, PASTORE, ANTONIO LUIGI, Pinciroli, L, Pugliese, R, RIPOLI, ANDREA, RIZZELLO, MARIO, Sahoo, M, Sekmen, U, SILECCHIA, Gianfranco, SILVESTRI, LUIGI, Teoh, A, TONIZZO FELIGIONI, LARA, Ureña, M. A. Garcia, YIP, WANG HON   +48 more
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History of the Innovation of Damage Control for Management of Trauma Patients: 1902-2016 [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To review the history of the innovation of damage control (DC) for management of trauma patients. Background: DC is an important development in trauma care that provides a valuable case study in surgical innovation.
Ball, Chad G., Fabian, Timothy C., Feliciano, David V., Ivatury, Rao R., Kirkpatrick, Andrew W., Lucas, Charles E., Moore, Ernest E., Roberts, Derek J., Stelfox, Henry T., Zygun, David A.   +9 more
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Sacral Fractures and Associated Injuries. [PDF]

, 2017
STUDY DESIGN: Literature review. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review is to describe the injuries associated with sacral fractures and to analyze their impact on patient outcome.
Bellabarba, Carlo, Dvorak, Marcel F., Firoozabadi, Reza, Holstein, Jörg H., Kandziora, Frank, Kepler, Christopher K., Kleweno, Conor P., Krieg, James C., Kurd, Mark F., Oner, F Cumhur, Rajasekaran, S., Rodrigues-Pinto, Ricardo, Schnake, Klause J., Schroeder, Gregory D., Vaccaro, Alexander R., Vialle, Luiz R.   +15 more
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Open-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation versus closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is the most urgent and critical step in the rescue of patients with cardiac arrest. However, only about 10% of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survive to discharge.
Mao Wang, Xiaoguang Lu, Ping Gong, Yilong Zhong, Dianbo Gong, Yi Song   +5 more
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MODERN ASPECTS OF DIAGNOSTICS AND TACTICS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT IN COMPLICATED TRAUMA OF THE CHEST

Žurnal Grodnenskogo Gosudarstvennogo Medicinskogo Universiteta, 2019
Background. Closed chest trauma is one of the most dangerous and life-threatening critical conditions. Medicosocial topicality of the problem is associated with its high frequency, large number of complications (45.6% - 75%) and high mortality rate (2% -
Sushko A. A., Kul S. A., Mozhejko M. A., Mahiliavets E. V., Olejnik A. O., Gavron I. V., Dosko D. V.   +6 more
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An expandable one-way-valve device for chest wound treatment: Evaluation of open pneumothorax in a canine model

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2020
Background/objective: Thoracic injuries commonly occur after blunt or penetrating trauma, leading to a blowing wound. For thoracic damage control in emergency, we evaluated a novel chest wound treatment device manufactured using expandable material with ...
Weijin Yang, Youxu Zhou, Jianshen Qiu, Chaochao Tao, Weihang Wu, Nan Lin, Chao Yang, Ji Zhang, Hongwen Zhang, Yu Wang   +9 more
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