Tracheal Rupture Diagnosed with Virtual Bronchoscopy and Managed Nonoperatively: A Case Report

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 369-371

  Nakamori, Yasushi ^a   Hayakata, Toshiaki ^a   Fujimi, Satoshi ^a   Satou, Kazuhiko ^a   Tanaka, Chikako ^a   Ogura, Hiroshi ^a   Nishino, Masato ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Shimazu, Takeshi ^a   Sugimoto, Hisashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEA RUPTURE;

EID: 0036686724     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200208000-00031     Document Type: Article

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