Clinical Update on Thoracic Trauma
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Respiratory Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2025 | Viewed by 141
Special Issue Editor
Interests: lung cancer; chest trauma; chest wall tumors; mediastinum; pleural diseases; diaphragm; primary hyperhidrosis; EBUS/TBNB-TBNA
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Surgery of the thorax after trauma is clinically challenging, and it deals with injuries and related diseases caused by chest trauma. We have seen developments in all aspects of surgery, using both invasive procedures and non-invasive and non-surgical methods to correct and treat lesions. Common problems include flail chest, isolated sternal fractures, lung and pleural lesions, manubrio-sternal dislocation, vascular injuries, diaphragm rupture, thoracoabdominal hernia, and chylothorax. Since these health conditions can greatly affect a person's quality of life, it is important for patients to receive a high level of treatment provided by an experienced physician. Consequently, there is also an increasing need for interdisciplinary treatment strategies, as these patients often present with underlying comorbidities that could have caused the injury itself, thus requiring specific treatment.
This Special Issue combines original research and review papers with a focus on recent advances in the trauma surgery of the thorax. We welcome the submissions of your best research.
Prof. Dr. Duilio Divisi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- flail chest
- isolated sternal fractures
- manubrio-sternal dislocation
- pneumothorax
- hemothorax
- thoracic aortic injury
- heart and pulmonary vessels lesion
- intercostal artery injury
- diaphragm rupture
- thoracoabdominal hernia
- chylothorax
- esophageal perforation
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