Blunt trauma with flail chest and penetrating aortic injury
Open Access
- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 16 (3) , 374-377
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1010-7940(99)00230-4
Abstract
Blunt chest trauma with flail chest is common. The mortality attributes initially to the associated pulmonary contusion, massive hemothorax and laterKeywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Management of flail chest injury: Internal fixation versus endotracheal intubation and ventilationThe Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1995
- Fractured rib with penetrating cardiopulmonary injuryThe Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1993
- Left Atrial Rupture Following Blunt Thoracic Injury: Case ReportScandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1991
- Supplemental Emergent Chest Computed Tomography in the Management of Blunt Torso TraumaPublished by Wolters Kluwer Health ,1990
- Mediastinal trauma and other acute mediastinal conditionsJournal of Thoracic Imaging, 1987