Arterial Stump Thrombosis after Lung Resection Surgery: Clinical Presentation, Treatment and Progress.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of arterial stump thrombosis (AST) after pulmonary resection surgery for lung cancer and to describe subsequent radiological follow-up and treatment.

Material And Methods: Observational, descriptive study of AST detected by computerized tomography angiography (CT) using intravenous contrast. Clinical and radiological variables were compared and a survival analysis using Kaplan-Meier curves was performed after dividing patients into 3 groups: patients with AST, patients with pulmonary embolism (PE), and patients without AST or PE.

Evolution and complications of chest trauma.

Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics and risk factors of patients with chest trauma, and to evaluate their correlation with the development of complications.

Methods: Descriptive, prospective and analytical study of a patient cohort with chest trauma who underwent follow-up for a period of 30 days. Excluded from the study were those patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury, long-bone fractures, abdominal trauma and patients requiring mechanical ventilation.