Rib fracture posing risk for aortic rupture
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Aortic injury from posterior rib fracture.
1010-7940/$ — see front matter # 2010 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic S doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.04.016 A 43-year-old female sustained blunt trauma after amotor vehicle collision. Computed tomography (CT) angiogram revealed a displaced left fifth rib fragment impinging on the descending thoracic aorta (Figs. 1 and 2). On hospital day 3, she underwent surgery with excision of the rib fr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1301-5680
DOI: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2016.12749