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Patients’ characteristics by type of weapon and wound in terms of survival and treatment
| Total | Survival | EDT | Thoracotomy at OR |
Conservative treatment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients | 31 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 7 |
| SW | 23 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 4 |
| GSW | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Single SW | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Multiple SW | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Thoracotomy in OR includes patients which surgical treatment started at the OR
EDT, emergency department thoracotomy; SW, stab wound; GSW, gunshot wound
