Attach further great importance to treatment of severe chest injury / 中华创伤杂志

ABSTRACT

Severe chest injury has been one of the main causes of death in trauma patients. The most common mechanism of injury results from high energy. The injury has become more serious and complicated and the treatment is more difficult. In recent years, with the development of thoracoscopy, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and other advanced technologies and the innovation of trauma treatment concepts, many patients with severe chest injury who were hopelessly treated in the past have been treated properly. There still remain some vague understandings and controversies in the clinical treatment of severe chest injury. The author analyzes the treatment of several types of severe chest injury and surgical timing, so as to provide reference for standard treatment of severe chest injury.