Seatbelt-induced extrathoracic lung herniation.
cardiothoracic surgery
emergency medicine
flail chest
orthopedics
Journal
Clinical case reports
ISSN: 2050-0904
Titre abrégé: Clin Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101620385
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
02
04
2020
revised:
06
06
2020
accepted:
12
06
2020
entrez:
25
11
2020
pubmed:
26
11
2020
medline:
26
11
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Traumatic lung herniation is an uncommon complication of blunt chest trauma due to seatbelt injury. High index of suspicion, adherence to ATLS guidelines, and cooperation between different surgical specialties for the prompt stabilization of flail chest and primary or prosthetic closure of the defect may ensure a favorable outcome.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33235784
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3113
pii: CCR33113
pmc: PMC7669407
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2300-2301Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
There are no conflicts of interest associated with this publication, and there has been no financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome.
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