Immediate thoracotomy for penetrating injuries: Ten years' experience at a Dutch level I trauma center

Background: An emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) or an emergency thoracotomy (ET) in the operating theater are both beneficial in selected patients following thoracic penetrating injuries. Since outcome-descriptive European studies are lacking, the aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate ten years of experience at a Dutch level I trauma center. Method: Data on patients who underwent an immediate thoracotomy after sustaining a penetrating thoracic injury between October 2000 and January 2011 were collected from the trauma registry and hospital files. Descriptive and univariate anal... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Waes, O.J.F. (Oscar) van
Riet, P.A. (Priscilla) van
Lieshout, E.M.M. (Esther) van
Hartog, D. (Dennis) den
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Schlagwörter: Thoracic trauma
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://repub.eur.nl/pub/39561