Experimental testing is a major source of data to quantify the tolerance of the human body to impact and to develop protection strategies. Correlating the time of rib fractures with the kinematics of the occupant and the action of safety systems would provide valuable data for assessing safety systems and developing injury risk functions. However, methods for determining rib fractures timing ar...

BACKGROUND In infants and children with fractures from an unclear cause, osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is often included as a potential etiology. In infants and children with OI there exists a gap in the published literature regarding the fracture pattern seen at the time of diagnosis. As an additional aid to the diagnosis of OI, we sought to characterize the fracture patterns in infants and chi...

Background Flail chest is the most serious complication that may occur after thoracic trauma. In this article, we present a case of flail chest caused by blunt chest trauma, which presented dramatic clinical improvement following rib fixation and chest wall reconstruction. Case Description A 53-year-old male patient with flail chest because of the trauma who had been followed in intensive care ...

Injuries to the first rib synchondrosis are uncommon in sport. The potential for serious complications following posterior displacement is similar to that seen with posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation. Clinical examination and plain radiography may not provide a definitive diagnosis. Computerised tomography is the most appropriate imaging modality if this injury is suspected. Posterior...

Aging is one of the risk factors for delayed fracture healing. Sonic hedgehog (SHH) protein, an inducer of embryonic development, has been demonstrated to be activated in osteoblasts at the dynamic remodeling site of a bone fracture. Herein, we compared and examined the distribution patterns of SHH and the functional effect of SHH signaling on osteogenesis and osteoclastogenesis between young (...

Abstract Aim Rib fractures carry a mortality rate of 10% which is doubled in the elderly population. They are common following blunt thoracic trauma and marker injury severity. Timely delivery regional analgesia crucial to prevent secondary respiratory complications. We compare time taken from admission administration block patients with >2 rib before after implementation fracture pathwa...

of blood-stained froth came out through the wound, very close to the line of fracture. There was a moderate amount of haemoptysis just after the occurrence of the injury. Evidently the lung was wounded at the point where it was caught between fragments of the broken rib and through which air excaped, leaving the prolapsed portion with 110 chance ,of being inflated. Under the circumstances I tho...

Introduction: Currently, trauma is the main reason of mortality among 1-44 years old people and the third common reason of death throughout all ages. The aim of this study is to examine the radiographic findings in chest trauma patients referring to the Imam Reza Hospital in Birjand during the years of 2013-2014. Methods: The patients meeting the criteria...

Experimental testing is a major source of data to quantify the tolerance of the human body to impact and to develop protection strategies. In the field of vehicle safety, it has been demonstrated that chest injuries are a good predictor of an impact severity. Correlating the time of rib fractures with the kinematics of the occupant and the action of safety systems would provide valuable data fo...