title: [Characteristics of diagnosis and surgical tactics in penetrating thoracic injuries].
abstract: The penetrating thoracic injury was observed in 355 patients. Primary debridement (PD) of a wound was performed in 23, PD and closed drainage of the pleural cavity--in 33, PD with subsequent thoracotomy--in 42, thoracotomy--in 257 patients. Injury to the lung was observed in 185 patients, heart--in 46, major vessels--in 9, thoraco-abdominal--in 47. Complications occurred in 54 (15.2%) patients: in 8--continued bleeding, in 21--pneumonia, in 19--pyothorax, in 6--wound suppuration and costal osteomyelitis. Eighteen (5%) patients died: 15--from hemorrhagic shock and massive bleeding, 2--from sepsis and abscessed pneumonia, 1--from peritonitis and intraabdominal bleeding.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Demchenko
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Posudevskiĭ
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Naumenko
authors.forename: O Iu
authors.initials: OIu
authors.lastname: Moriak
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Baliuta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Osobennosti diagnostiki i khirurgicheskoĭ taktiki pri pronika- iushchem ranenii grudi.