UNLABELLED ITRODUCTION: Cardiac injuries today are not rare and they present a significant group of pathological cardiac diseases, with a large number of the injured (60-90%) dying before being transported to the hospital. CASE REPORT A patient with a stab wound of the right chamber, upper abdomen and pelvis, in a state of hemorrhagic shock, was successfully managed after being reanimated. ...

The meeting of the Publication "Evidence Based Telemedicine - Trauma and Emergency Surgery" (TBE-CiTE), through literature review, selected three recent articles on the treatment of victims stab wounds to the abdominal wall. The first study looked at the role of computed tomography (CT) in the treatment of patients with stab wounds to the abdominal wall. The second examined the use of laparosco...

BACKGROUND The optimal management of hemodynamically stable asymptomatic patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds (AASWs) remains controversial. The goal is to identify and treat injuries in a safe cost-effective manner. Common evaluation strategies are local wound exploration (LWE), diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL), serial clinical assessment (SCAs) and computed tomography (CT) imaging. ...

INTRODUCTION The management of the hemodynamically stable patients with penetrating abdominal stab wounds is a problematic issue among trauma surgeons. METHODS In a retrospective study, we analyzed stable patients with anterior abdominal stab wound from August 2009 to 2010. The patients who were hemodynamically unstable or had developed peritonitis were excluded. In our center, the patients a...

Background: Penetrating cardiac injuries are rare in South African and international literature. regarded as one of the most lethal trauma patients. The mechanism injury varies across world. In developing countries, stab wounds cause majority penetrating injuries. These remain clinically challenging associated with high mortalities. Aim: To describe our experience outcome their management at a ...