Kapit Hospital Reaches Major Healthcare Milestone with First Successful Emergency Thoracotomy Procedure KAPIT, Dec 21 — Kapit Hospital recorded a landmark achievement in its medical history after successfully performing its inaugural emergency thoracotomy on a critically ill female patient in her 50s, marking a breakthrough moment for healthcare services in the region. According to the hospital, the woman had suffered severe complications resulting in persistent internal bleeding […]

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Research Spotlight: Emergency thoracotomy at two Cape Town district ECs achieved 24 % survival to discharge—comparable to international trauma centres.
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Preoperative #susceptibility to secondary #hyperalgesia is associated with cough-evoked #pain 2 months after #thoracotomy (Gousset et al., 2025)

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⚕️Patients with high secondary hyperalgesia pre-op had more cough-evoked pain 2 months later.

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Development of novel thoracic retractor for resuscitative thoracotomy - Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine Background Resuscitative thoracotomy (RT) is a critical intervention for patients in traumatic cardiac arrest or hemorrhagic shock, where survival is highly dependent on the time required to perform…

Development of novel #thoracic retractor for #resuscitative #thoracotomy

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'The novel thoracic retractor enables faster & easier thoracotomy compared to conventional model... this device is well-suited for RT procedures requiring rapid execution. '

Shout out by @A_Joshi5 to the work and legacy of #DocJohnHinds at @SydneyHEMS governance day #thoracotomy @DocJohnsMum