Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
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To analyze patients who underwent thoracotomy for the treatment of chest trauma in the City of Manaus. ⋯ Thoracic trauma patients submitted to exploratory thoracotomy were young, males and victims of stab wound trauma. The most contributing death factors were the lethal anatomical score, more than 15 points, and the association with major vascular lesions, as the aorta and vena cava.