• Chirurg · Sep 2017

    Review

    [Blunt and penetrating thoracic trauma].

    • B Mühling.
    • Klinik für Gefäß- und Thoraxchirurgie, Sana Kliniken Landkreis Biberach GmbH, Ziegelhausstrasse 50, 88400, Biberach, Deutschland. berndmanfred.muehling@sana.de.
    • Chirurg. 2017 Sep 1; 88 (9): 807-816.

    AbstractIn most cases blunt chest trauma leads to fractures of the bony thorax, i. e. ribs. In the case of accompanying hemothorax or pneumothorax initial management consists of chest tube drainage by mini-thoracotomy. Subsequently patients with blunt chest trauma have to be transferred to the intensive care unit as these patients are at risk of pulmonary insufficiency or persistent blood loss via the chest tube. Injury to the great vessels or heart requires trauma care in specialized centers. Penetrating trauma is always surgically treated and the foreign body is removed in the operating room (OR). Life-threatening conditions, such as tension pneumothorax have to be treated by thorax drainage prior to hospital admission.

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