Abstract
Background Thoracic injury directly accounts for 25% of the deaths due to trauma, and is a contributing factor in another 25% of trauma related deaths. As the role of thoracoscopy continues to expand in the practice of thoracic surgery, its role in the management of the trauma patients is also expanding. Objective of the study was to determine the role of emergency VATS in the management of blunt chest trauma patients.
Highlights
As the role of thoracoscopy continues to expand in the practice of thoracic surgery, its role in the management of the trauma patients is expanding
Objective of the study was to determine the role of emergency VATS in the management of blunt chest trauma patients
From Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2012, 80 blunt chest trauma patients underwent emergency video-thoracoscopy 10 of them was done under sedation with local anesthesia
Summary
Thoracic injury directly accounts for 25% of the deaths due to trauma, and is a contributing factor in another 25% of trauma related deaths. As the role of thoracoscopy continues to expand in the practice of thoracic surgery, its role in the management of the trauma patients is expanding. Objective of the study was to determine the role of emergency VATS in the management of blunt chest trauma patients
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