Heart, tracheo-bronchial and thoracic spine trauma. Succesful multidisciplinary management: a challenging thoracic politrauma

We reported the case of a 36 years old woman involved in a car accident and admitted to the Emergency Room with critical conditions. A CT scan showed hemopericardium, pneumomediastinum and D2 unstable vertebral fracture; then a sternotomy was promptly performed. After admittance to Intensive Care Un...

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Main Authors: Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, Gian Marco Guiducci, Kenji Kawamukai, Carlo Coniglio, Giovanni Gordini, Federico De Iure, Rocco Trisolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Gregorio Tugnoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Acute Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S222161891460055X