Mid-Term Outcomes of Nonoperative Management for Patients with Grade III Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury.
Jiye ParkYohan KwonKyungjin HwangSang-Hyun LimYou Sun HongJonghwan MoonPublished in: World journal of surgery (2022)
We suggest that carefully selected patients with BTAI grade III could be observed nonoperatively or treated by delayed intervention on outpatient basis, and a P/N ratio < 1.30 can be used as a cutoff to decide treatment options for BTAI grade III.