[Incidence and severity of cranial, thoracic and abdominal injuries in polytrauma of grade III severity]

Hundred cases of multiple injuries of the third degree of severity, according to Schweiberer, were analysed for type and severity of cranial, thoracic, and abdominal traumas. Reference is made to differentiated diagnostic and therapeutic measures. The lethality of these severe polytraumas amounted to 43 percent.