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Decelerational thoracic injury.

K G Swan1, B C Swan, K G Swan

  • 1Department of Surgery, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103-2714, USA.

The Journal of Trauma
|November 14, 2001
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Coexisting decelerational thoracic injuries are rare but significantly increase fatality risk. Myocardial contusion, traumatic aortic disruption, flail chest, and tracheobronchial disruption are life-threatening, with sternal fracture

Area of Science:

  • Trauma Surgery
  • Thoracic Injury Research
  • Emergency Medicine

Background:

  • Decelerational thoracic injuries include myocardial contusion (MC), traumatic aortic disruption (TAD), sternal fracture (SF), flail chest (FC), and tracheobronchial disruption (TBD).
  • Coexisting injuries among these five types are considered rare.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the incidence and impact of coexisting decelerational thoracic injuries.
  • To evaluate the mortality associated with combined thoracic trauma.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of patient records from a Level I trauma center.
  • Analysis of final diagnosis codes for MC, TAD, SF, FC, and TBD over a 10-year period.
  • Inclusion of patients with motor vehicle crash-related injuries.

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Main Results:

  • Out of 142 patients, only six (3.5%) had coexisting injuries.
  • The majority of coexisting injuries involved traumatic aortic disruption (TAD), often with other severe injuries (TBD, MC, FC).
  • Three patients with TAD and other coexisting injuries died intraoperatively; one patient with SF and probable MC died in the ER.

Conclusions:

  • Decelerational thoracic injuries, except SF, are individually life-threatening.
  • Combined injuries potentiate the risk of fatality, leading to rapid death.
  • Diagnosis of one injury may help rule out others, but the role of SF remains unclear.