Background: Chest trauma is a significant cause of morbidity and pomyslnaszycie.com mortality, accounting for about 25% of all trauma death.Motor vehicle accident is responsible for majority of thoracic trauma while isolated rib fractures is the commonest presentation.Over 90% of thoracic trauma can be successfully managed conservatively.Thoracic epidural analgesia is a significant method of pain sapatilha infantil prata glitter relief in chest trauma.
We report the role of thoracic epidural analgesia in the successful management of chest trauma in a 54yr old man in a poor resource setting, and suggest that given excellent pain relief, most chest injuries can be managed in low-resourced peripheral centers.