caa a22 4500 606245820 CHVBK 20210128101337.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12262-012-0757-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12262-012-0757-4 Evaluation of Injuries Caused by Penetrating Chest Traumas in Patients Referred to the Emergency Room [Elektronische Daten] [M. Aghaei Afshar, F. Mangeli, A. Nakhaei] The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of different injuries caused by penetrating chest traumas, and also the cause and type of trauma and its accompanying injuries. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study, carried out on all patients referred to the emergency room of Shahid Bahonar Hospital, Kerman, from March 2000 to September 2008, due to penetrating chest trauma. The required information including age, sex, cause of trauma, type and site of injury, and accompanying injury was obtained and used to fill out a questionnaire and then was analyzed. 828 patients were included in the study; most of them were in the age range of 20-29. Of the patients, 97.6% were males. The most frequent cause of trauma was stabbing, and the most frequent injuries following the trauma were pneumothorax and hemothorax. Orthopedic trauma was the most frequent accompanying injury. The most commonly used diagnostic method was plain chest radiography. In 93% of the patients, the chest tube was placed and thoracotomy was performed for 97% of the patients. Shahid Bahonar Hospital is a referral Trauma Centre and treats large number of chest trauma patients. Most patients need only chest tube placement as a definitive treatment. Association of Surgeons of India, 2012 Chest trauma nationallicence Chest tube nationallicence Penetrating trauma nationallicence Trauma nationallicence Aghaei Afshar M. Department of Surgery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut Mangeli F. Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut Nakhaei A. Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77/3(2015-06-01), 191-194 0972-2068 77:3<191 2015 77 12262 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0757-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0757-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aghaei Afshar M. Department of Surgery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mangeli F. Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nakhaei A. Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77/3(2015-06-01), 191-194 0972-2068 77:3<191 2015 77 12262