Blunt trauma of the thoracic aortic isthmus.
Blunt trauma of the thoracic aorta is the second leading cause of death in traffic accidents, after head injuries. A polytraumatized patient, aged 40, was admitted, with trauma of the thoracic aortic isthmus, after a traffic accident. Adequate resuscitation and intensive therapy, angiographic and MSCT diagnostics enabled the urgent surgical treatment. On the sixty-seventh day of surgery, the patient was successfully transferred to a regional health center in good general condition. Blunt aortic injury occurs in 1% of casualties in traffic and causes 16% mortality. More than 80% of patients die before arrival to hospital. In conclusion, we point out with satisfaction the successful surgical treatment and survival of injured patients admitted to our hospital.
1Emergency Center, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, 2School of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, 3Clinical Centre of Vojvodina; Novi Sad, Serbia.
Vesna
V
Pajtić
Goran
G
Savić
Aleksandar
A
Knežević
Aleksandar
A
Gluhović
Violeta
V
Knežević
Ljiljana
L
Gvozdenović
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*