Delayed diagnosis of popliteal artery injury after traumatic knee dislocation in Korea: a case report by Chung-Eun Lee, In-Seok Jang, Sang-Yoon Song, Jung-Woo Lim, Kun-Tae Kim

“…The popliteal artery injury by blunt trauma has a high risk of limb amputation because the initial symptoms can show normal vascular circulation without urgent ischemia or obvious vascular injury signs. …”
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Incidence, Outcomes, and Factors Associated with Intra-Abdominal Hypertension and Primary Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Abdominopelvic Injury Patients by Amonpon Kanlerd, Krissada Nakornchai, Karikarn Auksornchart, Warapan Watkwaw

“…The patients were mostly young (mean age 31.5 years), male (68.4%), and suffering from blunt trauma (89.5%). The mean maximum bladder pressure was 8.3 ± 5.2 mmHg. …”
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A retrospective Study on Intestinal Injury from Blunt Abdominal Trauma by Muralidharan Kannaian, Bhaskara Rao Bezawada, Vinod K, Subash Chandra Bose

“…A direct blow from blunt trauma can result in visceral damage and solid organ rupture, which can cause hemorrhage, peritonitis, and related pelvic injuries. …”
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Outcome of Concurrent Occult Hemothorax and Pneumothorax in Trauma Patients Who Required Assisted Ventilation by Ismail Mahmood, Zainab Tawfeek, Ayman El-Menyar, Ahmad Zarour, Ibrahim Afifi, Suresh Kumar, Ruben Peralta, Rifat Latifi, Hassan Al-Thani

“…The management and outcomes of occult hemopneumothorax in blunt trauma patients who required mechanical ventilation are not well studied. …”
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A Rare Case of Paediatric Traumatic Intraperitoneal Urinary Bladder Rupture by LS Prabhanjan, Mangesh Hivre, Dilip Gupta, Aarhata Pramod Singh

“…Blunt trauma to the abdomen is widely encountered in the Emergency Department (ED) among both children and adults. …”
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Forensic-medical determination of the severity of closed injuries of the hyoid-laryngeal complex according to the data of a specialized clinic by M.V. Gubin, V.O. Olkhovskyi, G.I. Garyuk, V.M. Gubin

“…Victims with closed blunt trauma of the hyoid-laryngeal complex often become the object of forensic examination. …”
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Changes in payer mix of new and established trauma centers: the new trauma center money grab? by Patrick Kim, Elinore Kaufman, Jeremy W Cannon, Justin Hatchimonji, Patrick M Reilly, Satvika Kumar, Diane N Haddad

“…New TCs treated more blunt trauma and less severely injured patients (p<0.001). …”
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Investigating the link between frailty and outcomes in geriatric patients with isolated rib fractures by Yang Cao, Shahin Mohseni, Babak Sarani, Frank Hildebrand, Ahmad Mohammad Ismail, Maximilian Peter Forssten, Marcelo AF Ribeiro

“…Background Studies have shown an increased risk of morbidity in elderly patients suffering rib fractures from blunt trauma. The association between frailty and rib fractures on adverse outcomes is still ill-defined. …”
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Using microfluidic shear to assess transfusion requirements in trauma patients by Rachael A Callcut, James T Ross, Anamaria J Robles, Leslie H Vuoncino, Ashli C Barnes, Leonardo W Graeff, Taylor L Anway, Nico T Vincent, Nithya Tippireddy, Kimi M Tanaka, Randi J Mays

“…Median age was 37.5 (IQR 27.5–52) years; patients were 77% male. 71% suffered blunt trauma, 26% had an Injury Severity Score of ≥25. …”
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Traumatic Bladder Ruptures: A Ten-Year Review at a Level 1 Trauma Center by John Barnard, Tyler Overholt, Ali Hajiran, Chad Crigger, Morris Jessop, Jennifer Knight, Chad Morley

“…A retrospective review was performed on 34,413 blunt trauma cases to identify traumatic bladder ruptures over the past 10 years (January 2008–January 2018) at our tertiary care facility. …”
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Comparison of the lethal triad and the lethal diamond in severe trauma patients: a multicenter cohort by Charles Dupuy, Thibault Martinez, Olivier Duranteau, Tobias Gauss, Natacha Kapandji, Jean Pasqueron, Mathilde Holleville, Georges Abi Abdallah, Anatole Harrois, Véronique Ramonda, Delphine Huet-Garrigue, Théophane Doublet, Marc Leone, Vincent Legros, Julien Pottecher, Gérard Audibert, Ingrid Millot, Benjamin Popoff, Benjamin Cohen, Fanny Vardon-Bounes, Mathieu Willig, Pierre Gosset, Emilie Angles, Nouchan Mellati, Nicolas Higel, Mathieu Boutonnet, Pierre Pasquier, and the TraumaBase Group®

“…Patients primarily presented with blunt trauma (81.7%), and a 24-h mortality rate of 16.1% was observed. …”
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An Unusual Case of Cheiralgia Paresthetica Caused by Lipoma by Tomas Mačiulaitis, Aira Jucaityte, Mindaugas Minderis

“…Symptoms may also arise from blunt traumas, distal radius fractures, and iatrogenic causes. …”
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