Although the management of either isolated rectal or bladder injury is no more controversial, their combined effect and their optimal management has been seldom reported in the English literature. From a case report of a 45-year-old male who was found to have a combined bladder and rectal injury secondary to a stab wound of the perianal area, the authors develop a diagnostic and therapeutic alg...

Trauma-related thoracic compartment syndrome (TCS) is a rare, life threatening condition that develops secondary to elevated intra-thoracic pressure and manifests itself clinically as significantly elevated airway pressures, inability to provide adequate ventilation and hemodynamic instability temporally related to closure of a thoracic surgical incision. TCS is exceedingly rare in the trauma p...

The solution of continuity the tissues neck with rupture platysma muscle is called a cervical penetrating wound. authors report case an unusual wound extended to pleural dome by stabbing psychiatric patient. They describe diagnostic circumstances, therapeutic approach and discuss data from literature. It was 26-year-old young woman, who received in ENT for stab following suicide attempt. diagno...

Stab injuries of the spinal cord are rare. We report a case of a 22-year-old male who was hospitalized because of a spinal cord injury resulting from a stab wound in the posterior thoracolumbar area. On admission, the patient had 2/5 muscle strength of the right leg (monoparesis) and hypoesthesia below the L1 level. Radiological investigation revealed the retained tip of a knife that penetrated...

.. ii.ii. The following morning it was noticed that ,, n fnirlv free discharge of thin serous fluid slightly blood-stained from the wound fllg 'nine The patellar reflexes on both sides were abolished. There was complete loss nf visibility to touch, heat and cold, and pain in the leg and thigh. Muscular sense was unimpaired in this lower extremity, and there was no diminution of motile power. Th...