title: [Traumatic aortic rupture: immediate surgery--interval operation?].
abstract: On the basis of our own patient population of the last 12 years which involved 17 traumatic ruptures of the descending thoracic aorta in the isthmus area (preoperative hospital mortality at the time of diagnosis: 5.8%; surgical mortality: 27%; postoperative hospital mortality: 18.7%) the problems of assessing indications for surgical intervention in polytraumatized patients with aortic damage are discussed. The indications for "immediate surgery", for "surgery with delayed urgency", and for "surgery in the interval" are clearly defined.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Herz- und Gefässchirurgie CAU Kiel, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Regensburger
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Sievers
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Kraatz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uhlmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Traumatische Aortenruptur: Sofortoperation--Intervalloperation?