Topic of the Week December 7th to 13th 2015 Traumatic Thoracic Injuries Monday Bruns. Early and Persistent Hemothorax and Pneumothorax. Curr Trauma Rep 2015;epublished September 19th Tuesday Livingston. Operative Management of Lung Injuries. Curr Trauma Rep 2015;epublished September 15th Wednesday Pharaon. Rib Fractures, Flail Chest, and Pulmonary Contusion. Curr Trauma Rep 2015;epublished September 8th Thursday Ingraham. Operative Management of Cardiac Injuries: Diagnosis, Technique, and Postoperative Complications. Curr Trauma Rep 2015;epublished September 5th Friday O'Connor. The diagnosis and treatment of non-cardiac thoracic trauma. J R Army Med Corps. 2010 Mar;156(1):5-14 Saturday El-Menyar. Understanding traumatic blunt cardiac injury. Ann Card Anaesth 2012;15:287-95 Sunday Restrepo. Imaging Patients with Cardiac Trauma. RadioGraphics 2012;32:633–649