As with other chest injuries such as pulmonary contusion, hemothorax, and pneumothorax,<unk>  can often be treated with just supplemental oxygen, ventilation, and drainage of fluids from the chest cavity. A thoracostomy tube can be used to remove blood and air from the chest cavity. About 5% of cases require surgery, called thoracotomy. Thoracotomy is especially likely to be needed if a lung fails to re-expand; if pneumothorax, bleeding, or coughing up blood persist; or in order to remove clotted blood from a hemothorax. Surgical treatment includes suturing, stapling, oversewing, and wedging out of the laceration. Occasionally, surgeons must perform a lobectomy, in which a lobe of the lung is removed, or a pneumonectomy, in which an entire lung is removed.
Pulmonary laceration
Pulmonary hematoma
Pulmonary contusion
Hemothorax
Cerebral laceration
Urinothorax
Diaphragmatic rupture
Thoracic aorta injury