OBJECTIVE To evaluate the discriminatory power of TraumaSCAN-Web, a system for assessing penetrating trauma, using retrospective multi-center case data for gunshot and stab wounds to the thorax and abdomen. METHODS 80 gunshot and 114 stab cases were evaluated using TraumaSCAN-Web. Areas under the Receiver Operator Characteristic Curves (AUC) were calculated for each condition modeled in Traum...

HYPOTHESIS The digital exploration of stab wounds in the left thoracoabdominal region allows the early diagnosis of diaphragmatic lesions. DESIGN Diagnostic test study. The digital exploration of the diaphragm was compared with laparotomy (the gold standard) and thoracoscopy. SETTING The study setting was the Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paúl (Medellín, Colombia). This is a referra...

This report describes a case of cortical blindness that followed successful surgical repair of two stab wounds in the heart in a 29-year old Libyan man. The patient presented in a state of pre cardiac arrest (shock and low cardiac output status), following multiple chest stab wounds. Chest tube was immediately inserted. Surgery was urgently performed suturing the two wounds; in the root of the ...

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A series of 100 penetrating wounds of the abdomen and thorax is reviewed. Eighty-three were due to stab-wounds. The recent increase in incidence is confirmed and the distribution throughout the day and months of the year is given. The results and methods of treatment of thirtysix abdominal, ten thoraco-abdominal and thirtyseven thoracic wounds are given and described. An operative approach to a...