Heart and major blood vessel lesions in abdominal - thoracic injuries.
- Author:
Thinh Van Cao
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
abdominal-thoracic injury
- MeSH:
Injuries;
surgery;
Thoracic Injuries;
Wounds and Injuries
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):56-58
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From September 1994 to August 2000, there were 206 patients with abdominal-thoracic injuries who admitted the Popular Hospital. Among these, there were 22 patients (10.7%) included 20 males and 2 females had heart and major blood vessel injuries. Mean age of patients was 30 years. All of them were stabbed with knife. 2/22 patients had treated previously in the other hospital. 20 patients had the mean time from accident to admission was 1 hour and 14 minutes (ranged from 15 minutes to 3 hours). Among 12 deaths, 4 cases occurred before admission, 2 before surgical intervention, 5 during operation, and 1 in second day post-operation. So, there were only 11 patients underwent surgical treatment, included 2 patients with heart injuries and 9 with major blood vessel injuries. 10/11 patients gained good outcome after operation. 1 in 11 patients was dead from abdominal aortic injury.
