The main aim of this study is to highlight and analyze the different thoracic injuries
during the military conflicts. Medical records of 542 casualties with thoracic injuries were
analyzed during study period.
91.9% of the patients were male. The
ages were ranging between 3 – 75 years،
88.1% of them were in the age between 20 – 40 years.
71 top urgent casualties (13%) were directly admitted to op-theater، the remaining
patients underwent different diagnostic procedures، CT-scan played an important role in
the diagnosis of thoracic injuries and was performed in 62.2% of the casualties. 92.8% of
the patients sustained penetrating chest injuries due to gunshots and / or missiles and
shells. Of the injuries identified، the most prevalent injury was lung contusion، which
occurred in 31.9% of casualties، traumatic haemo-and/or pneumothorax occurred in
29.15%، lung laceration in 14.39%، diaphragm injury in 6.45%. 77 patients (13.2%)
sustained ribs fractures، 3 patients (3.89%) of them had a diagnosed flail chest injury.
Combined injuries were reported to be 61.07% of all casualties.
Most of them 46.2% were abdominal injuries، 39.27% were head and neck injuries.
