J Trauma
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Multicenter Study
Management of traumatic lung injury: a Western Trauma Association Multicenter review.
Improved outcomes following lung injury have been reported using "lung sparing" techniques. ⋯ Blunt traumatic lung injury has higher mortality primarily due to associated extrathoracic injuries. Major resections are required more commonly than previously reported. While "minor" resections, if feasible, are associated with improved outcome, trauma surgeons should be facile in a wide range of technical procedures for the management of lung injuries.