Management of Thoracic Injuries in Children

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Kifayat Khan
Zahid Aman
Gohar Rehman
Muhammad Younas Khan
Tariq Waheed

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the aim of the study was to know the effective way of treatment and to sor out the measures for the prevention of various complications arising from thoracic injuries in children. This is a prospective study performed on 173 children with thoracic injuries. birth trauma was not included in this study. All these patients wewre received in emergency and were admitted to paediatric surgery unit of LRH, Peshawar during a period of 2 years from january 2000 to December 2001. emergency thoracostomy is a life saving procedure in all the clinical conditions resulting from thoracic trauma. isolated chest injuries can be treated effectively by tube drainage of the chest on the affected side, which is safe, less trauamtic and associated with least morbidity and no mortality.

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Khan K, Aman Z, Rehman G, Khan MY, Waheed T. Management of Thoracic Injuries in Children. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 27 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];18(1). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/846
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