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Rib spreader laceration: a confusing artifact of emergency thoracotomy

D S Dixon, H R Champion

Journal of Forensic Sciences

|January 1, 1983

Abstract:

During emergency thoracotomy, an artifactual injury complex consisting of laceration, abrasion, and, rarely, contusion may be formed by application of a surgical instrument called a rib spreader. Six cases demonstrating this confusing injury are presented, and its formation is discussed.

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