Treatment of blunt thoracic aortic injury in Germany-Assessment of the TraumaRegister DGU®.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Using the data delivered by the German Trauma Register DGU® from 2002 till 2013, the value of different therapies of blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI) in Germany was analyzed.

Methods

Prospectively collected data of patients suffering from BTAI were retrospectively analyzed with focus on the different treatment modalities for grade I-IV injuries.

Results

821 patients suffering from BTAI were identified: 51.6% (424) grade I injury, 35.4% (291) grade II or III injury and 12.9% (106) grade IV injury (77.5% men [44.94 ± 20.6 years]). The main patterns of injury were high- speed accidents and falls (78.0% [n = 640], 21.8% [n = 171] respectively). Significant differences between grade I and grade II/III as well as IV injuries could be assessed for the incidence of

SUBMITTER: Gombert A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5367684 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature