Clinical Features, Management, and Outcomes of Chest Trauma at a Tertiary-Care Centre in India: A Retrospective Observational Study

Chest is one of the main sites of injuries in trauma being a part of the torso. Many important organs lie in rib cage. However, data on chest injuries are scarce.A retrospective study was carried out for chest trauma patients including polytrauma (n = 184) from hospital records for five years (2016-2020). Various parameters including demographic profile, mode of injury, management, and outcomes were studied.Mean age of patients was 37 ± 16 years...