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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients managed with lung tract packing

From: A clinical series of packing the wound tract for arresting traumatic hemorrhage from injuries of the lung parenchyma as a feasible damage control technique

Case

Age

Sex

Mec

ISS

Lung AIS

Thoracic lesions

Extra thoracic lesions

Reop

Outcome

Number of bleeding sources

1

20

M

GSW

25

5

ML, RIL

–

1

Live

2

2

19

M

SW

19

4

LSL, LIL

Subclavian artery

1

Death

3

3

36

M

GSW

25

4

LSL, LIL, BTW

Spinal cord injury

1

Live

3

4

21

M

GSW

75

3

RIL

Liver grade VI, colon grade II, SB grade IV

1

Live

3

  1. Mec, trauma mechanism; ISS, injury severity score; AIS, abbreviated injury score; Reop, number of reoperations; M, male; GSW, gunshot wound; SW, stab wound; ML, middle lobe; RIL, right inferior lobe; LSL, left superior lobe; LIL, left inferior lobe; BTW bleeding thoracic wall; SB, small bowel
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

ISSN: 1749-7922