Articles: trauma.
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[American College of Emergency Physicians. Injury control/trauma data banks. Ann Emerg Med. February 2000;35:211.].
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Two older adults presented to the emergency department with rib fractures following minor trauma. Both were discharged on oral analgesics and died within 2 days. Rib fractures more often lead to adverse outcomes in older adults. Emergency physicians should consider admitting any such patient who presents with two or more rib fractures.
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The authors report their experience with 42 patients in whom anterior lumbar fusion was performed using titanium cages as a versatile adjunct to treat a wide variety of spinal deformity and pathological conditions. These conditions included congenital, degenerative, iatrogenic, infectious, traumatic, and malignant disorders of the thoracolumbar spine. Fusion rates and complications are compared with data previously reported in the literature. ⋯ The complication rate mirrors the low morbidity rate associated with the anterior approach. A detailed study of clinical outcomes is in progress. Patient selection and strategies for avoiding complication are discussed.
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Chin. J. Traumatol. · Nov 1999
Balloon occlusion test and therapeutic occlusion on traumatic carotid cavernous fistulas.
To evaluate the safety of the balloon occlusion test(BOT) and therapeutic occlusion of the internal carotid artery(ICA). ⋯ BOT of ICA is safe and economical. The reliability of the results is almost the same compared with that of other more complicated methods of assessing therapeutic occlusion of ICA. And it is easy to treat TICCF with therapeutic occlusion of ICA.