Epidural air after benign chest trauma;Air epidural apres traumatisme ferme du thorax

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 566-568

  Delval, O ^c   Fossati, P ^b   Tailboux, L ^c   Mouillet, B ^a   Tallon, J B ^a   Vandermarcq, P ^c  

^a Service de Radiologie

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Service de Radiologie A La Miletrie

Author keywords

CTscan; Epidural air; Spinal canal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; MALE; THORAX INJURY; VERTEBRAL CANAL; BLUNT TRAUMA; EMPHYSEMA; FOLLOW UP; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; RADIOGRAPHY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; EMPHYSEMA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORACIC INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032086829     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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