Penetrating chest trauma – experience of the Pilsen University Hospital Trauma Centre
Authors:
J. Vodička 1; V. Špidlen 1; V. Třeška 1; Š. Vejvodová 1; J. Doležal 1; A. Židková 2; J. Škorpil 3
Authors‘ workplace:
Chirurgická klinika, Univerzita Karlova, LF v Plzni, FN Plzeň
přednosta: prof. MUDr. V. Třeška, DrSc.
1; Klinika anestezie, resuscitace a intenzivní medicíny, Univerzita Karlova, LF v Plzni, FN Plzeň
přednosta: as. MUDr. R. Pradl, Ph. D.
2; Kardiochirurgické oddělení FN Plzeň
primář: MUDr. T. Hájek
3
Published in:
Rozhl. Chir., 2017, roč. 96, č. 11, s. 463-468.
Category:
Original articles
Overview
Introduction:
Retrospective analysis of a set of patients treated for penetrating chest trauma in the Trauma Centre at University Hospital Pilsen over seventeen years.
Method:
Overall, 96 injured with penetrating chest trauma were treated in the study period 2000–2016. Basic demographics, the mechanism, type, location and extent of the penetrating chest trauma, Injury Severity Score, existence of associated injuries, diagnostic procedures, timing and method of the chest trauma treatment as well as any complications and reoperations were identified in the set. Other collected information included deaths of the injured, and the cause and time of death in relation to the time of admission to the Trauma Centre.
Results:
The most common mechanism of injury was attack by a stabbing weapon (54%) and the most common type of injury was pulmonary laceration (33%). The average Injury Severity Score within the set was 24 points. The most common therapeutic procedure was pleural cavity drainage (47 patients), and less than 40% of the cases required revision surgery by means of thoracotomy or sternotomy. One patient died immediately after being admitted to the Trauma Centre without a chance to apply any therapy; three other patients died during resuscitative thoracotomy or laparotomy. Post-operative complications occurred in 13 patients (13.5%) and required 14 reoperations.
Conclusions:
The diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm of penetrating chest trauma is primarily determined by the condition of the injured. Adequate drainage of the relevant pleural cavity is sufficient to treat one half of the patients; on the other hand, 40% of traumas, injuries of the heart, large vessels and gunshot wounds in particular, require urgent revision surgery by means of thoracotomy or sternotomy. If the injured patient is transported to a specialized centre for timely treatment, the prognosis of penetrating chest traumas is quite favourable.
Key words:
penetrating chest trauma – diagnosis – chest drainage – thoracotomy – sternotomy
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