SUCCESFULL TREATMENT OF AN INTERSETING PENETRATING THORACIC TRAUMA BY CIRCULAR SAW

Authors : Fazlı YANIK, Osman Emre ERSİN, Yekta ALTEMUR KARAMUSTAFAOĞLU, Yener YARUK

Pages : 85-87

Doi:10.33706/jemcr.609140

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Publication Date : 2019-07-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :lntroduction: Trauma is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in the World. Thoracic Trauma is responsible for 25% of all the deaths. Although bluntthoracic traumas are more common than penetrating thoracic traumas, pen etrating thoracic traumas are more likelyto require  immediate life-saving interventions than blunt injury. Case Report: Penetrating thoracic trauma by circular saw is defineci very rare in the literature. I n this article, we present a rare and interesting penetrating thoracic trauma cause which opened a window on anterior chest wall, created open pneumothorax and treated successfully in our department. Conclusion: We believe that circular saw injury, a rare cause of penetrating thoracic trauma,can be  successfu lly treated with the correct and timely intervention in theemergency department.
Keywords : Trauma, thoracic, penetrating