title: [Incisional, stab and gunshot wounds of the abdomen and thorax].
abstract: The authors give an account of the incidence and prognosis of the mentioned injuries treated during the past five years (1987-1991) at the surgical department of a district hospital in the centre of Prague. During the past two years a marked increase of these injuries was recorder. A total of 10 persons with abdominal injuries had ambulatory treatment and nine patients with injuries of the chest. During the same period 24 patients with abdominal injuries and 6 patients with chest injuries were hospitalized as well as four patients with combined abdominal and chest injuries. Nineteen ambulatory patients and 34 hospitalized patients during the five-year period are an ever increasing group of casualties who suffered injuries usually when drunk or due to violence.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgické oddĕlení nemocnice Na Frantisku, Praha.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hájek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rezek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kulhánek
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003604:Czechoslovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Rezná, bodná a strelná poranĕní bricha a hrudníku.