Demographic, Clinical Features and Outcome Determinants of Thoracic Trauma in Sri Lanka: A Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study

<div>A bar chart illustrating the types of thoracic injuries diagnosed among the study participants (<i>n</i> = 171). Of those who had unilateral rib fractures, left hemithoracic fractures (<i>n</i> = 73) outnumbered right hemithoracic fractures (<i>n</i> = 49). Seventeen patients had bilateral rib fractures. All the tracheal injuries (<i>n</i> = 7) were located at the carinal level while all the bronchial injuries (<i>n</i> = 5) were lateralized to the left side. Vascular injuries were comprised of two subclavian arterial and two brachiocephalic arterial injuries. One patient had a mid-oesophageal level injury.</div>

Canadian Respiratory Journal

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Figure 1: Demographic, Clinical Features and Outcome Determinants of Thoracic Trauma in Sri Lanka: A Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study 