Ceran, SamiSunam, Güven SadiArıbaş, Olgun KadirGörmüş, NiyaziSolak, Hasan2020-03-262020-03-262002Ceran, S., Sunam, G. S., Arıbaş, O. K., Görmüş, N., Solak, H., (2002). Chest Trauma in Children. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, (21), 57-59. Doi: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)01056-91010-7940https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(01)01056-9https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/18140Objectives: Chest trauma in childhood is uncommon in clinical practice. The management and treatment principles of children with thoracic trauma were discussed with the data reported in the literature. Methods: Of the chest injury diagnosed in 1653 patients, 225 were children in the last 17-year period. There were 199 boys (88.44%) and 26 girls (11.55%). The most common causes were blunt injuries in 135 cases (60%), stab wounds in 67 cases (29.77%) and gunshot wounds in 22 cases (9.77%). Results: Out of 225, 217 patients were treated conservatively and eight patients were treated surgically. There was no mortality and morbidity. Conclusions: The prevalence of chest trauma in children due to blunt injuries is high in Turkey. Extremity injury is thought to be the most commonly associated extra-thoracic injury. However, thoracic trauma in children can be managed conservatively in most of the cases.en10.1016/S1010-7940(01)01056-9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessChest traumaChildrenArticle21575911788257Q1WOS:000611006800001Q2