• J R Coll Surg Edinb · Dec 1996

    The management of stab wounds to the chest: sixteen years' experience.

    • S S Ashraf, A P Volans, H Sharif, I Chaudhry, K Akhtar, T Siddiqi, N J Odam, and G J Grotte.
    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK.
    • J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1996 Dec 1;41(6):379-81.

    AbstractIn 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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