Long tracheobronchial and esophageal rupture after blunt chest trauma: Injury by airway bursting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 269-272

  Martín De Nicolás, Jose L ^a   Gámez, Antonio P ^a   Cruz, Felipe ^a   Díaz Hellín, Vicente ^a   Marrón, Carmen ^a   Martínez, Jose I ^a   Gálvez, Ramiro ^a   Toledo, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRACHEA INJURY;

EID: 0030199796     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00299-8     Document Type: Article

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