[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyōbu Geka Gakkai
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Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi · Aug 1989
[Clinical study on stab wounds of chest--factors that may influence their mortality].
Stab wounds of the chest occupy an important position in penetrating thoracic injuries in Japan. A retrospective review of 117 patients with stab wounds of the chest admitted to our hospital over the past 12 years (from 1975 to 1987) revealed some factors that might influence their mortality. Seven patients died from trans-diaphragmatic injuries of intra-abdominal organs. ⋯ Survival rate in the DOA patients with stab wounds of the chest was higher than that in the DOA patients with blunt thoracic injuries. ERT for cardiac insufficiency following stab wounds of the chest was thought an effective procedure for surviving. Survival rate of the patients with cardiac stab wounds was 63.6 per cent.
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From 1985 to 1987, we had 4 patients with infected emphysematous bulla, three males and one female ranging from 18 to 61 years of age. The male patients had been suffering from emphysematous bullae and had complications stemming from the resulting infection. In the female case, the infection occurred at the pneumatocele which had grown at pneumonia was caught during steroid therapy for SLE. ⋯ The therapeutic combination of percutaneous drainage with a small caliber tube and washing of infected emphysematous bulla is available for therapy or preoperative treatment for the following reasons: First of all, especially in patients who have remarkably disturbed pulmonary function, it can be performed safely and pt's symptoms and the general condition of the patient improves rapidly. The second reason is that, in some particular cases, it achieves the remarkable shrinkage and closure of infected emphysematous bulla. The third reason is that, the patients experience minimum pain with the use of a small caliber drainage tube.