Federico Coccolini, Camilla Cremonini, Ernest E. Moore, Ian Civil, Zsolt J. Balogh, Ari Leppäniemi, Tal M. Hörer, Viktor Reva, Chad G. Ball, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Andrea Colli, Laura Besola, Fank Plani, Bruno Viaggi, Giacomo Bellani, Marco Ceresoli, Enrico Cicuttin, Diego Mariani, Andreas Hecker, Stefania Cimbanassi, Ettore Melai, Francesco Forfori, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Alessandro Cipriano, Boris Sakakushev, Krstina Doklestich, Edward Tan, Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Mauro Podda, Arda Işık, Edoardo Picetti, Anastasia Pikoulis, Andrey Litvin, Joseph M. Galante, Nicola De Angelis, Stefano Piero Bernardo Cioffi, Giulia Montori, Fikri M. Abu‐Zidan, Giuseppe Procida, Simone Frassini, Silvia Pini, Francesco Corradi, Belinda De Simone, Mircéa Chirica, Carlos A. Ordóñez, Dieter Weber, Vishal G. Shelat, Yoram Kluger, Aleix Martinez Perez, Pablo Ottolino, І. А. Кryvoruchko, Walt Biffl, Fausto Catena, Massimo Sartelli, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Raúl Coimbra
Chest trauma is a common consequence of traumatic events. It may be blunt or penetrating. A low number of patients with blunt chest trauma require surgical intervention; in contrast, penetrating ones frequently require surgery and are associated with higher mortality. Chest trauma due to its anatomical location and to its potential effects on different systems must be multidisciplinary, and emergency and trauma systems should be organized and prepared to face all aspects. The present paper describes the recommendations provided by World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST), about comprehensive management of thoracic trauma.