| Study | Age in year | Sex | Mechanism of injury | Hemodyna-mic | Pericardial Tamponade | Massive Haemothorax | Surgery | Outcome |
| Curley et al. (1987) [1] | 41 | Male | Penetrating | Unstable | Early | Early | Sternotomy | Alive |
| Vinces (2005) [2] | 21 | Male | Penetrating | Stable | Delayed | Delayed | Thoracotomy | Alive |
| Holt et al. (2005) [3] | 26 | Male | Penetrating | Stable | Delayed | No | Sternotomy | Alive |
| Irgau et al. (1995) [4] | 53 | Male | Blunt | Stable | Delayed external | No | Sternotomy | Alive |
| Hassani et al. (2012) [5] | 32 | Male | Penetrating | Unstable | Early external | Early | Thoracotomy | Alive |
| Islam S et al. (2014) [6] | 55 | Male | Penetrating | Unstable | Early external | Early | Thoracotomy | Alive |
| Current case | 32 | Male | Penetrating | Unstable | Early external | Early | Anterior mini-thoracotomy via wound exploration | Alive |