Diagnosis and treatment tactics for thoracoabdominal injuries in children

The study is devoted to the issue of choosing the tactics of surgical treatment of thoracoabdominal wounds. The results of examination and treatment of 42 children with thoracoabdominal wounds who were treated in the conditions of the thoracic department of the AMPDB hospital were analyzed. It was revealed that surgical treatment for thoracoabdominal wounds should begin with the zone of greatest damage - thoracotomy or laparotomy. The technique of thoracophrenotomy used by us, as access to damaged organs and the thoracic and abdominal cavities, should take place in surgical practice.