Iatrogenic Delayed Aortic Injury Following a Surgical Stabilization of Flail Chest

Most of aortic injuries after blunt chest trauma usually occur at the aortic isthmus and are identified in the emergency department soon after arrival. Delayed aortic injures by fractured posterior ribs, however, are relatively rare and have been reported only a few times. We recently experienced an...

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Main Authors: Junepill Seok, Hyun Min Cho, Seon Hee Kim, Ho Hyun Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Traumatology 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Trauma and Injury
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Online Access:http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-31-174.pdf