The phrase "a significant trauma" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing experiences or events that have had a profound emotional or psychological impact on an individual.
Example: "After experiencing a significant trauma, she sought therapy to help her cope with the aftermath."
Alternatives: "a major trauma" or "a considerable trauma".
Children who had been rattled by a previous experience were about 20 times as likely to show signs of depression, anxiety, or attention deficits as children who had not known a significant trauma before Sept. 11.
Operation with implantation of a primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or a revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) represents a significant trauma to the bone and soft tissue of the affected extremity.
It is difficult to isolate the effects of SAH from those of other aspects of traumatic brain injury; it is unknown whether the presence of subarachnoid blood actually worsens the prognosis or whether it is merely a sign that a significant trauma has occurred.
Our study showed that preterm delivery may represent a significant trauma experience for the mother and that the prevalence of depression and anxiety was low compared to post-traumatic stress responses.
In general, the size of the IOFB posed no significant risk of causing endophthalmitis except in cases where larger IOFB was associated with a significant trauma to the eye.
Nine patients had a history of significant trauma.
In 2004, we conducted a vast study on the quality of GAU clinical processes provided to hospitalized patients after a fall with significant trauma [ 9].
Meniscal injury is recognised as a significant risk factor for the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) [ 1, 2] and may be present with or without a history of significant trauma when assessed via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [ 2- 6].
The strength of the femur means it tends to fracture only after significant trauma – a road accident, or a fall from a height.
In regard to the type of trauma, the chemical burns were considered representative of a significant tissue trauma because the fluid needs and the clinical course were rather similar to those of the flame burns.
2 3 Based on a recent estimate, 5% of the significant trauma workload in England and Wales is a result of burn injury.
