abstract- studies of the epidemiology of civilian vascular trauma in developing countries are rather few. this is a prospective study of our experience with vascular trauma in a referral university hospital in tehran, iran. the aim was to study the etiology, pattern of injuries and the mortality and morbidity rates due to vascular trauma in our population. in this cross-sectional study, all tra...

INTRODUCTION — Blunt chest trauma puts multiple structures at risk of injury. In addition to direct trauma, rapid deceleration and other mechanisms can cause injury to thoracic structures. Major concerns include chest wall injury, such as rib fractures or flail chest, cardiovascular injury, such as blunt aortic injury or cardiac contusion, and pulmonary injury, such as contusions or lacerations...

Blunt trauma abdomen Duodenal injury Feeding jejunostomy Duodenal injury following blunt abdominal trauma is uncommon. It is notoriously difficult to diagnose and often overlooked leading to increased mortality and morbidity. We report a case of duodenal injury following blunt abdominal trauma and the relevant literature is reviewed.

Injuries to the common femoral artery (CFA) are usually associated with local fractures. Other mechanisms of injury include intimal disruption, intramural hematomas, and subintimal fibrosis. Occlusions CFA may also result from blood clots or arterial emboli via blunt injury. Blunt trauma causing is exceedingly rare. be caused by “motor-scooter-handlebar syndrome.” We present a unique case where...

background focused assessment with sonography for trauma (fast) is a precise, non-invasive, and low cost method to assess free abdominal fluid in trauma patients. objective this study assessed the relationship between free intra-abdominal fluid and organ injury in blunt abdominal trauma and designed a scoring system based on fast. patients and methods a total of 200 patients with blunt abdomina...

BACKGROUND Cardiac tamponade due to aortic injury after blunt trauma is a rare and potentially fatal injury. Most aortic injuries caused by blunt trauma present as aortic dissection or rupture of the aortic isthmus. Several cases of delayed aortic injury have been reported. However, all of these injuries were observed in the descending aorta because they had been caused by a posterior rib fract...