Lung Contusion

• Previous message: Lung Contusion - rib fixation
• Next message: Lung Contusion
• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

Charles wrote
> well, with at least six outfits involved, that only means 50 patients
> each....considering how busy Charity and Ben Taub are (not to mention the
> folks
> down in ZA...Dr. Hardcastle?), that should take about a year to enroll
> enough...
>
> ck
>
>
Charles

The only catch is getting the study to have sponsored gadgets to use. The
unit I work at now has seen just under 200 major chest injuries in the
first 18 months since opening; we are about to embark on an extensive
review of these. I can off-hand think of 4 or 5 patients we discussed that
we would like to fix - if we had access to these gadgets, which we don't
as we are a public hospital wth out equipment dependant upone the national
health tender,\.

Dr T C Hardcastle
M.B., Ch.B. (Stell); M. Med. (Chir) (Stell); FCS (SA)
Principal Specialist Trauma Surgeon /
Honorary Lecturer UKZN Dept Surgery
Deputy Director - IALCH Trauma Service
Durban - South Africa

• Previous message: Lung Contusion - rib fixation
• Next message: Lung Contusion
• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]