Acute tracheobronchial injuries: Impact of imaging on diagnosis and management implications

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 336-343

  Scaglione, Mariano ^a   Romano, Stefania ^a   Pinto, Antonio ^a   Sparano, Amelia ^a   Scialpi, Michele ^b   Rotondo, Antonio ^c  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway rupture; Avulsion; Bronchial; Fracture; Injury; Laceration; Tracheal

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RUPTURE; AVULSION; BRONCHIAL; INJURY; LACERATION; TRACHEAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURE; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HERNIA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SINGLE SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA INJURY;

BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TRACHEA; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 33748198251     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.04.026     Document Type: Article

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