title: [Thoracotomy in penetrating wounds of the chest].
abstract: Exact indications for urgent, early and late thoracotomy are given on the basis of a great clinical experience of the authors. Specific features of the operation, principles of the management of postoperative patients are described. The general postoperative lethality from chest injuries of the patients was 9.5%.
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Torakotomiia pri pronikaiushchikh raneniiakh grudi.