Delici Kesici Alet Yaralanması Ile Acil Servise Başvuran Hastaların Retrospektif Analizi

Abstract

Trauma is the major leading cause ofdeath in healthy young adults between the ages 1-44 . The most common factors that cause death aretraffic accidents, falls from height, gunshot wounds and penetrating or stab wounds.Penetratingtrauma by sharp object (knives, arrows) is classified in Low-velosity wounds and damage is related todepth and angle of attack. The importance of penetrating injuries varies according to the body partand findings of some penetrating injuries may be initially obscured.The present study evaluates thetrauma mechanisms, types of injury and demographic data of the penetrating trauma patientsadmitted to the Emergency Departments of Hacettepe University.