Traumatic diaphragmatic ruptures: A multidisciplinary study in a tertiary health center.

Background: In this study, we present diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in diaphragmatic rupture cases secondary to trauma and treated using surgical intervention.

Methods: Between March 2010 and December 2020, a total of 24 patients (23 males, 1 female; mean age: 35.0±13.

Late complications due to thoracic traumas.

Background: A total of 412 patients who applied to our clinic after a thoracic trauma between March 2010 and December 2019 were examined retrospectively In this study, late complications that developed as a result of blunt and penetrating thoracic traumas were evaluated and it was aimed to present a prediction for the management of these complications to physicians who are dealing with trauma.

Methods: Among the 412 thoracic trauma cases, 62 cases (15.04%) who developed late-term complications which constituted the main theme of this study were evaluated in terms of age, gender, the type of trauma, the cause of trauma, thorax, and concomitant organ pathologies that developed when the trauma first occurred, the late-term complications, and the treatment methods for them while considering mortality.

Comparison of Videothoracoscopy and Thoracotomy in Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst Disease.

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of videothoracoscopic and open surgeries for pulmonary hydatid cysts.

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Balıkesir University, Turkey, between May 2015 and March 2020.