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I don't know what the reference says, but the notion that 15% of people with thoracic trauma get a thoracotomy is absurd, needs to be revised. I'm not familiar enough with wikipedia to edit main pages yet though, hope someone else can do it. Sakeynes ( talk) 23:29, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
"For most persons with thoracic trauma the procedure is not necessary; only 15% of those with thoracic injury require the procedure" and "Usually those who undergo resuscitative thoracotomy do not recover—only 10% of those receiving it after sustaining a blunt injury and 15–30% of those with penetrating trauma survive" Both stats are way off. For example, the 2012 WEST algorithm on resuscitative thoracotomy (which by the way, Moore is a co-author) notes a survival of 1-2% depending on whether performed on a patient in shock or with no vital signs. ( https://westerntrauma.org/documents/PublishedAlgorithms/WTACriticalDecisionsResuscitativeThoracotomy.pdf) 2015 EAST guidelines show similar numbers of 2.3% survival for blunt trauma ( https://www.east.org/education/practice-management-guidelines/emergency-department-thoracotomy). Pertaining to the prevalence of resuscitative thoracotomy, I agree with the above statement that the one citing that it occurs in 15% of chest traumas may be confusing it with "thoracostomy". This would be more consistent with the realities of trauma care. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.92.129.122 ( talk) 05:28, 1 March 2020 (UTC)