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Fractured rib with penetrating cardiopulmonary injury
I F Galvin1, R Costa, M Murton
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
Described is an unusual injury, arising from a motorized vehicle accident, in which a detached fractured rib from a flail chest caused lung perforation and hemopericardium. The full diagnosis was only appreciated on computed tomography. Therefore, thoracotomy averted potential disaster.