Chest injuries are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. Significant morbidity can result from pain and respiratory distress in patients of blunt trauma chest.A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted at our institute on patients suffering from blunt trauma chest. A total of 36 patients were studied. Patients were randomized to two groups of 18 e...

Displaced rib fractures as the result of blunt chest trauma impairs chest wall mechanics, causes severe pain, and results in prolonged mechanical ventilation. Rib fixation plates have been developed and manufactured for use in adult patients with improved outcomes over expectant management. The authors report the first case of rib fixation using titanium plates in a child after sustaining signi...

Background Sternal fracture is uncommon injury following blunt chest trauma. They are usually caused by direct blunt trauma to the sternum, or most frequently car accident, including steering wheel direct blunt trauma to the sternum. Sternal fracture should be regarded as a hallmark of severe multiple injuries until proven otherwise. The purpose of this study was to describe general features co...

Heart valve injuries due to non-penetrating blunt thoracic trauma are rare. Isolated tricuspid incompetence due to detachment of a leaflet from the annulus after blunt trauma is uncommon. Young patients may tolerate chronic tricuspid regurgitation (TR), and can be undiagnosed for years until the right ventricular failure occurs. We report the case of a young adult male who sustained blunt chest...

Etiologies of tricuspid regurgitation are often explored in patients with symptoms right-sided heart failure. Blunt chest trauma is the major cause traumatic valve (TTVR), a secondary type regurgitation. It rare condition; however, it may lead to severe consequences if not treated timely manner. TTVR should be considered patient presenting trauma. In this case, we report case young male who pre...

Objective(s): Pulmonary contusion (PC) is a clinical entity that often accompanies blunt traumas. We aimed to investigate the radiological and histopathological effects of surfactant treatment in an experimental rat model in which lung contusion was formed by blunt thoracic trauma.Materials and Methods: 50 female Sprague-Dawley rats were...

Imaging plays an essential part of chest trauma care. By definition, the employed imaging technique in the emergency setting should reach the correct diagnosis as fast as possible. In severe chest blunt trauma, multidetector computer tomography (MDCT) has become part of the initial workup, mainly due to its high sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy of the technique for the detection and characte...