Intrapleural thrombolysis for the management of undrained traumatic hemothorax: a prospective observational study.

Background: Tube thoracostomy is usually sufficient treatment for traumatic hemothorax. Occasionally, significant residual collections remain undrained. Open thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) have been used to manage undrained traumatic hemothoraces (UTHs).

Angiographic embolization for pelvic fractures in older patients.

Hypothesis: Old age predicts reliably the presence of pelvic bleeding, requiring angiographic embolization (AE) among blunt trauma patients with major pelvic fractures.

Design: Four-year prospective observational study (April 1, 1999, to May 31, 2003).

Setting: Academic level I trauma center practicing AE liberally.

Klüver-Bucy syndrome as a result of minor head trauma.

Klüver-Bucy syndrome (KBS) has been described as a disconnection of the temporal lobes from the remainder of the brain. Its presence in minor head trauma has not been previously reported. We therefore report what we believe to be the first case of KBS due to mild head trauma and unilateral injury to a temporal lobe.