STUDY OBJECTIVE Previous studies of cervical spine injury involve individual institutions or special populations. There is currently little reliable information regarding natural cervical spine injury patterns after blunt trauma. This substudy of the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study project was designed to accurately assess the prevalence, spectrum, and distribution of cervica...

conclusions major vascular injuries in our center occurred in young men, frequently because of stab wounds. popliteal injuries mostly caused by motor vehicle accidents was the second most common arterial injury, followed by combined ulnar and radial injuries. vascular reconstruction in the first hours after trauma may prevent many unnecessary and preventable amputation procedures. results most ...

background: hyperthyroidism as a risk factor for stroke is not conclusive. there are no definite data on the relationship between ischemic cerebrovascular injury and hyperthyroidism. this study was designed to define whether the outcomes of post-ischemic stroke injury are influenced by chronic hyperthyroidism. methods: two groups of hyperthyroid (ht) and control euthyroid rats of equal numbers ...

OBJECTIVES Blunt SBI is infrequent and its diagnosis may be difficult, especially in the face of confounding variables. The purpose of this study was to evaluate methods for making the diagnosis of blunt SBI. METHODS Patients with blunt small bowel injury (SBI) were identified from the registries of 95 trauma centers for a 2-year period (1998-1999). Patients with SBI (cases) were matched by a...

BACKGROUND Patients with penetrating injuries are known to have worse outcomes than those with blunt trauma. We hypothesize that within each injury mechanism there should be no outcome difference between insured and uninsured patients. METHODS The National Trauma Data Bank version 7 was analyzed. Patients aged 65 years and older and burn patients were excluded. The insurance status was catego...

Diaphragmatic hernia following blunt abdominal injury is extremely rare and often diagnosed late. Missed diagnosis is also common with this condition. We herein present a delayed presentation of diaphragmatic hernia following blunt abdominal injury that was initially misdiagnosed as recurrent acute asthmatic attack due to repeated presentation with episodic difficulty in breathing.

Popliteal artery injuries may have devastating consequences if not recognized in a timely fashion. The risk of delayed diagnosis of a vascular injury is particularly high in blunt trauma to the lower extremity. We present a case of popliteal artery injury that is unusual in two respects: severity (a complete transection in the setting of a blunt injury) and lack of clinical and radiographic sig...

Blunt injury to the eye results in a spectrum ofdamage to the intraocular structures. Many retrospective but few prospective studies have been performed on selected aspects of ocular damage after blunt injury. This review has been conducted on a prospective basis, and the total ocular damage and subsequent complications have been studied, particularly in relation to the site and nature of the i...

Rectal injuries are caused by a variety of causes, such as stab wounds, gunshot injuries, blunt trauma, and foreign bodies. In particular, extraperitoneal rectal injury secondary to blunt trauma is very rare in the civilian setting and usually seen in association with comminuted fractures of the pelvis or sacrum and evidence of intraperitoneal injury.[1] The management of extraperitoneal rectal...

With the inventions of faster cars and even more faster motorbikes there is a worldwide increase in road traffic accidents, which has increased the incidence of blunt abdominal trauma but still duodenal injury following a blunt abdominal trauma is uncommon and can pose a formidable challenge to the surgeon and failure to manage it properly can result in devastating results. It may typically occ...