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Tracheal rupture after blunt chest trauma in a child
J Mordehai1, E Kurzbart, V Kapuller
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Blunt traumatic tracheal rupture is a life-threatening injury. The authors report on a 14-year-old boy who suffered such an injury in a road accident, underwent surgery immediately, and survived. The relevant literature is reviewed.