Der Unfallchirurg
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Review Comparative Study
[Management of polytrauma patients in an international comparison].
Worlwide there will be an increase in polytraumatized patients. The number of death after trauma will increase from 5.1 Mill. to 8.4 Mill. The reason is the technical progress in the third world. ⋯ The Trauma register in Germany contents till now 2.069 polytraumatized patients. The lethality is 18.6% (ISS 21 +/- 13), comparing to MTOS (ISS 12.8 +/- 11.3, lethality 9.2%). The differences in injury pattern show in the US three times more penetrating injuries than in the German Traumaregister (21.1% versus 7.2%).