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  • Title: Chest trauma in a developing country.
    Author: Anyanwu CH, Swarup AS.
    Journal: Ann R Coll Surg Engl; 1981 Mar; 63(2):102-4. PubMed ID: 7247266.
    Abstract:
    In a developing country with inadequate clinical facilities a conservative method of management of a major clinical problem is often the only rational approach. This policy was adopted in the management of 145 patients with chest trauma in a teaching hospital in Nigeria. Automobile accidents were the cause of the thoracic injuries in 73.1% of the patients; 71.7% of the patients were managed as in-patients. The management of the patients was essentially aimed at correction of hypovolaemia, tube drainage of pleural collections, and relief of pain by intercostal nerve block. Major operative procedures were adopted in 11 cases (7.6%) for persistent haemothorax or for pyothorax, ruptured diaphragm, ruptured abdominal viscus, and subdural haematona. No operative reduction of rib fractures was performed and only 1 of the 12 patients with flail chest was mechanically ventilated. The hospital mortality was 9.7% and, despite a high rate of default at follow-up attendances, no late death or serious complication was recorded. Th aspects peculiar to chest trauma in Nigeria are discussed.
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