TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Chest trauma in children
JO  - European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
A1  - Ceran, Sami
A1  - Sunam, Güven Sadi
A1  - Aribas, Olgun Kadir
A1  - Gormus, Niyazi
A1  - Solak, Hasan
SP  - 57
EP  - 59
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVES: Chest trauma in childhood is uncommon in clinical practice. The management and treatment principles of children with thoracic trauma were discussed with the data reported in the literature. METHODS: Of the chest injury diagnosed in 1653 patients, 225 were children in the last 17-year period. There were 199 boys (88.44%) and 26 girls (11.55%). The most common causes were blunt injuries in 135 cases (60%), stab wounds in 67 cases (29.77%) and gunshot wounds in 22 cases (9.77%). RESULTS: Out of 225, 217 patients were treated conservatively and eight patients were treated surgically. There was no mortality and morbidity. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of chest trauma in children due to blunt injuries is high in Turkey. Extremity injury is thought to be the most commonly associated extra-thoracic injury. However, thoracic trauma in children can be managed conservatively in most of the cases.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1010-7940
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -