RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF A GROUP OF 12 000 POLYTRAUMA PATIENTS TREATED BETWEEN 1978-2014
Abstract:
The study is based on the research of the documentation through multicenter evaluation with published and controlled data. Regarding the etiology of the study, 90% is based on work accidents taking place in Jiu Valley mining basin in the period 1978-2000, 10% representing other causes. After the year 1996, the etiology of the polytraumas was modified being gradually dominated by road accidents and aggressions. Between 1978 and 1988, in order to set up the thoracic-abdominal emergency diagnosis, standard investigations were: thoracic, abdominal RTG, sonography started in 1977, peritoneal puncture lavage, exploratory laparotomy. After 1988, computed tomography (CT) became standard in the diagnosis of intrathoracic, abdominal, retroperitoneal lesions, providing high accuracy imaging for liver, splenic and renal injuries.
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