Patterns of pediatric thoracic penetrating injuries: A single-trauma-center experience in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To review the patterns and outcomes of pediatric thoracic penetrating injuries in a level one trauma center.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of pediatric patients who presented to the King Abdulaziz Medical City Emergency Department (KAMC-ED), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with thoracic penetrating injury from 2001 to 2016.

Results: Eighty-nine patients had a penetrating injury to the thorax were identified.