Blunt trauma with flail chest and penetrating aortic injury

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 374-377

  Tsai, Feng Chun ^a   Chang, Yu Sheng ^b   Lin, Pyng Jing ^b   Chang, Chau Hsiung ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aortic injury; Flail chest

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG CONTUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RIBS; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0033200039     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(99)00230-4     Document Type: Article

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