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[Thoracic wall and lung trauma. Diagnosis, clinical aspects, surgical indications and technic]
G B Friehs1, F M Smolle-Jüttner, H Pinter
1Department Thoraxchirurgie und Hyperbare Chirurgie, Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Graz, Osterreich.
Helvetica Chirurgica Acta
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
Diagnosis, pathophysiology, clinical course, indication for and technique of operative procedure are described for treatment of flail chest, pneumothorax, hematothorax, lung rupture and contusion, and for tracheobronchial injuries. A simple "finger-troicart" technique for thoracocentesis and chest tube is mentioned as well as the value of early and simultaneous fiberoptic exploration of the trachea, bronchi and esophagus.