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
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

2300-2301

Informations 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.

Références

Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Jun;73(6):1950-1
pubmed: 12078797
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 May;7(3):506-7
pubmed: 18272541

Auteurs

Dimitrios Kitridis (D)

1st Orthopaedic Department George Papanikolaou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece.

Theodoros Karaiskos (T)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Department George Papanikolaou Hospital Thessaloniki Greece.

Byron Chalidis (B)

1st Orthopaedic Department George Papanikolaou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece.

Nikiforos Galanis (N)

1st Orthopaedic Department George Papanikolaou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece.

Panagiotis Givissis (P)

1st Orthopaedic Department George Papanikolaou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece.

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