ReviewMediastinum (Hong Kong, China)2021
Traumatic injury to the great vessels of the chest.
Review in Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Guideline
- Fatal Injuries Caused by Falling Trees: Correlation Between Postmortem Computed Tomography and Forensic Autopsy Findings in Eight Cases.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Aortic Injury and Hemopericardium: Key Findings and Evaluation.Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology · 2026Review
- Lung parenchymal trauma biomechanics, mechanisms, and classification: a narrative review of the current knowledge.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2025Review
- Response to: Stopping the bleed when tourniquets cannot: a technique for Foley catheter balloon compression in trauma.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Article
- The treatment of acute traumatic aortic injuries with TEVAR: a retrospective analysis of 19 cases in a level-1 trauma center.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- A Narrative Review of Biomarkers and Imaging in the Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Syndrome.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Thoracic Trauma: Current Approach in Emergency Medicine.Clinics and practice · 2024Review
- Utilizing Un-enhanced Chest Computed Tomography Screening for Blunt Trauma Surgery Decisions.Cureus · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Approaches to Vascular Injury in Polytrauma-A Literature Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
This manuscript undertakes a brief focussed literature review of penetrating and blunt injury to the great vessels of the mediastinum (excluding iatrogenic vessel injury) and provides personal insights to the management of mediastinal vascular injury. It is not intended as a comprehensive or systematic review. Included are the aorta and its main branches, the superior vena-cava and its main tributaries (brachiocephalic veins) along with the less-appreciated, but equally serious, injuries to the pulmonary artery or vein and the Azygous or hemi-azygous veins. An overview of the epidemiology of these injuries is provided. The gross anatomy is briefly reviewed from the perspective of the surgeon., Practical diagnostic approaches, using an algorithm, operative access and repair options, along with endovascular considerations are briefly highlighted. The detail of the operative procedures will highlight practical points for concern and local tips-and-tricks. Practical take-home messages are provided from the personal perspective of the authors. This overview does not cover intercostal vessel or internal thoracic artery injury, both of which may cause significant bleeding and cardiac tamponade in the case of the latter vessel, but technically are outside the central mediastinum and are branches of great vessels and are therefore not included.
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