Posttraumatic Pneumomediastinum : Not always Cause for Alarm

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn , Issue 3, 1997, Pages 145-147

  Bouwen, L ^a,b   Bosmans, E ^a  

^a Sint Elisabethziekenhuis Turnhout   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emphysema, subcutaneous; Pneumomediastinum, spontaneous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; RADIOGRAPHY; SPORT; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; SOCCER; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0031154876     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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