ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2019
Chest drain and thoracotomy for chest trauma.
Review in Journal of thoracic disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Transfixing trauma: management of a rare fence post impalement injury.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2026Article
- Thoracic trauma WSES-AAST guidelines.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2025Review
- Analyses of the characteristics and prognosis of elderly patients visiting a high-capacity Turkish emergency department due to an occupational accident: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- NIpple Position to Pinpoint Localization of Chest Drain Insertion in FEmale Trauma Patients: The NIPPLE-Trial-A Landmark Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- From diagnosis to therapy: the acute traumatic hemothorax - an orientation for young surgeons.Innovative surgical sciences · 2023Review
- Peri-Operative Prophylaxis in Patients of Neonatal and Pediatric Age Subjected to Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery: A RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method Consensus Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Predictors of pleural complications in trauma patients undergoing tube thoracostomy: A prospective observational study.Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2022Observational
- Blunt Chest Trauma in Polytraumatized Patients: Predictive Factors for Urgent Thoracotomy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Contralateral hemopneumothorax after penetrating thoracic trauma: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- Curative Effect Observation and Prognosis Analysis of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery and Thoracotomy in Patients with Hemopneumothorax.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Does routine uniportal thoracoscopy during rib fixation identify more injuries and impact outcomes?Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- [Trauma to the thoracic spine and chest].Der Radiologe · 2020Review
- Hemothorax: A Review of the Literature.Clinical pulmonary medicine · 2020Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Traumas are the leading cause of death in the first four decades of life. Nevertheless, thoracic traumas only seldom require invasive procedures. In particular, chest drain placement is required in case of pleural disruption causing haemothorax, pneumothorax or haemopneumothorax. Although large-bore chest drains have been traditionally used in case of haemothorax, recent evidences seem to question this routine, showing good performances of small-bore and pig tail drains. Although it is a common procedures, experience and training is needed to avoid complications which might be even lethal. Surgical exploration after thoracic trauma is rare, accounting for less than 3% of traumas. Penetrating traumas more likely require surgical exploration compared to blunt trauma. Anterolateral thoracotomy is usually performed in this setting, but also clamshell or hemi-clamshell approach can be used. In selected patients, minimally invasive techniques can be performed. Large randomized trials are still needed to assess and standardized the role of new tools and procedures in the thoracic trauma setting.
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