War injuries of the chest.
One hundred and fifty battle casualties with injuries of the chest are reported; most of them resulted from shell fragments. More than 70 per cent were treated by closed drainage by a tube. Early thoracotomy was required in 7.3 per cent of cases, and 5 per cent required a late thoracotomy for complications. Selected cases of flail chest injuries were treated without operation. The mortality rate in our series was 3.3 per cent.
D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D014857:Warfare; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery