TORAKS TRAVMALARI: 6 YILLIK DENEYİMLERİMİZ
THORACIC TRAUMA: THE 6-YEAR EXPERIENCE
Ufuk Çağırıcı1, Halil Uç1, Tanzer Çalkavur1, Uğur Gürcün1, İsmail Badak1, Önol Bilkay1, Ali Telli1, İsa Durmaz1
Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs Cerrahisi, Ad
This trial comprises 270 cases of thoracic trauma urgently hospitalized at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of Ege University Medical Faculty, between 1991-1997. The cases were retrospectively assessed regarding age, sex, etiology of trauma, accompanying injury, treatment modality, morbidity and mortality. The male/female ratio was 5.0, while the age range and mean age were 19-68 and 34.8, respectively. 185 (69%) of the injuries were due to blunt thoracic trauma, and traffic accidents were the first-line in the etiology. Of the recorded 85 (31%) penetrating injuries, 57 were created with stabbing instruments. Among the associated injuries, extremity fractures, major vascular and abdominal injuries were encountered most frequently. Thoracotomy was required in 37 (14%) of the cases, and of these, 19 were operated under emergency conditions. The mean hospital stay was 8.7 days. The mortality rate was 2%, representing 6 patients, The effect of gunshot wounds to the morbidity and to the length of stay was determined to be statistically significant (p <0.001 and p < 0.05, respectively).
