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  • Title: The management of stab wounds to the chest: sixteen years' experience.
    Author: Ashraf SS, Volans AP, Sharif H, Chaudhry I, Akhtar K, Siddiqi T, Odam NJ, Grotte GJ.
    Journal: J R Coll Surg Edinb; 1996 Dec; 41(6):379-81. PubMed ID: 8997023.
    Abstract:
    In a retrospective review of 16 years of admissions to a regional cardiothoracic unit, 76 patients were admitted with stab wounds to the chest. Of these wounds, 75% were managed conservatively with tube drainage and observation and 25% required surgical intervention. 5.2% were managed as emergency room thoracotomies, 15.8% as urgent procedures in the operating theatre and 4% as late procedures. The total mortality was 1.3% and was seen in the emergency room thoracotomy group (mortality 25%). The risk if sub-diaphragmatic injury in the presence of chest injury is highlighted.
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