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A life-saving approach after thoracic trauma: Emergency room thoracotomy

Toraks travması sonrası hayat kurtarıcı bir uygulama: Acil serviste torakotomi

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The results are better in penetrating trauma patients than in blunt trauma.

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Objective & Hypothesis:BACKGROUND In this article, the outcomes, indications and methods of emergency department service resuscitative thoracotomy in cardiac and/or respiratory arrest patients after thoracic trauma are discussed.
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Key Findings & Data:METHODS Between January 2004 and December 2010, nine resuscitative thoracotomies were performed after thoracic trauma in the emergency department of our hospital.
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Conclusion & Impact:The results are better in penetrating trauma patients than in blunt trauma.
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BACKGROUND In this article, the outcomes, indications and methods of emergency department service resuscitative thoracotomy in cardiac and/or respiratory arrest patients after thoracic trauma are discussed. METHODS Between January 2004 and December 2010, nine resuscitative thoracotomies were performed after thoracic trauma in the emergency department of our hospital. The records of the patients were evaluated retrospectively. RESULTS A total of nine patients underwent resuscitative thoracotomy: five stab wounds, two traffic accidents, one fall from height, and one gunshot wound. Anterolateral thoracotomy in supine position was performed in all. Three patients had lung parenchymal laceration, three patients had cardiac laceration, two patients had intercostal vessel injury, and one patient had descending aorta injury. None of the four patients with blunt trauma recovered. Three of five patients with penetrating trauma were discharged after an average of eight days of follow-up, whereas two of them were lost perioperatively. CONCLUSION Emergency room thoracotomy can be performed in thoracic trauma cases who are in shock and have unresponsive hypotension despite large volume fluid and blood replacement and no time for transportation to the operating room. The results are better in penetrating trauma patients than in blunt trauma.

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AMAÇ Bu çalışmada, toraks travması sonrası hastanemiz acil servisine (AS) getirilen ve yapılan girişim sırasında kalp ve/veya solunumu duran hastalarda, acil serviste uygulanan resüsitatif torakotominin endikasyonları, yöntemi ve sonuçları tartışıldı. GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM Ocak 2004 ile Aralık 2010 tarihleri arasında toraks travması sonrası AS’de dokuz hastaya resüsitatif torakotomi uygulandı. Hasta verileri geriye dönük olarak incelendi. BULGULAR Dokuz hastaya AS koşullarında girişim yapıldı; beşi kesici delici alet yaralanması, ikisi trafik kazası, birer hasta yüksekten düşme ve ateşli silah yaralanması nedenliydi. Tüm hastalara sırtüstü pozisyonda anterolateral torakotomi uygulandı. Üç hastada akciğer parankimal laserasyonu, üç hastada kardiyak laserasyon, diğer iki hastada interkostal damarlar yaralanması ve bir hastada ise inen aortada laserasyon vardı. Etyolojisinde künt travma olan dört hasta kaybedildi, penetran travma nedeniyle resüsitatif torakotomi uygulanan beş hastanın üçü ortalama sekiz gün izlem sonrasında şifa ile taburcu edildi, diğer ikisi ameliyatta kaybedildi. SONUÇ AS koşullarında resüsitatif torakotomi uygulanan hastalar, travma sonrası şok halindedir, büyük oranda sıvı ve kan infüzyonu yapılmasına karşın hipotansiyonu kontrol altına alınamayan ve ameliyat salonuna nakil için vakit kaybına tahammülü olmayan hastalardır. Penetran travmalı hastaların sonuçları künt toraks travmalı hastalara göre daha iyidir.

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AKÇAM, T. İ., TURHAN, K., ERGÖNÜL, A. G., OĞUZ, E., ÇAKAN, A., ÇAĞIRICI, U. (2012). A life-saving approach after thoracic trauma: Emergency room thoracotomy. Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi, Cilt: 18 - Sayı: 4, 306–310. https://ajindex.com/articles/324737

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