Hai Deng, Ting-Xuan Tang, Yao Yao, Cong Zhang, Han Wu, Zhen-Wen Li, Liang-Sheng Tang, Deng Chen, Te-Ding Chang, Jin-Zhi Yang, Jia-Liu Luo, Liming Dong, Xiang-Ping Yang, Zhao-Hui Tang
BACKGROUND: Chest trauma was the third most common cause of death in polytrauma patients, accounting for 25% of all deaths from traumatic injury. Chest trauma involves in injury to the bony thorax, intrathoracic organs and thoracic medulla. This study aimed to investigate the incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcome of polytrauma patients with pulmonary contusion, flail chest and upper thoracic spinal injury. METHODS: Patients who met inclusion criteria were divided into groups: Pulmonary contusion group (PC); Pulmonary contusion and flail chest group (PC + FC); Pulmonary contusion and upper thoracic spinal cord injury group (PC + UTSCI); Thoracic trauma triad group (TTT): included patients with flail chest, pulmonary contusion and the upper thoracic spinal cord injury coexisted...
March 2022: Injury