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Rib spreader laceration: a confusing artifact of emergency thoracotomy
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.