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Purpose: The extension of life has led to an increase in the number of elderly patients who apply for traumatic injuries. The common chronic diseases in Geriatric patients appear to be mindful that will exacerbate the trauma picture, cause an increase in morbidity and mortality. In our study, geriatric patients followed by breast trauma were compared to young trauma populations. Instruments and Methods: Between January 2018 and September 2018, the data of the patients, who were applied to two different educational and research hospitals due to torace trauma, all assessed by computer tomography of the chest and followed by two chest surgeons, were examined. Patients under the age of sixteen and fifty were group I, and patients aged 65 years and over were group II. Results: 209 (75,5%) of the 277 patients involved in the study were identified as Group I, 68 (24,5%) as Group II. The cause of group-I's trauma was a simple fall of 70 (33.5%) with 36 patients (52.94) in group II, while the simple fall rate was significantly high in group II (p<0,001). Patients of group I observed a higher rate of pnömotoraks (p=0,013) and a higher rate of subcutaneous amphysemin (p<0,001). The number of patients with cyst fractures in Group II was significantly greater than in Group I (p<0,001). In Group II, headaches were significantly high (p=0,019).  Result: In the Geriatric and young populations, the etiologies of torasic trauma show significant differences. Elderly patients are often referred to with low-energy trauma such as simple fall, although they are more likely to experience cranio-fasal bone fractures and fractures. Even low-energy trauma in this group of patients can be treated in the same time as the young patient population.

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