MODERN ALGORITHMS OF THORACIC CAGE STABILIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES AND FLAIL CHEST
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clinical utility of chest computed tomography in patients with rib fractures ct chest and rib fractures
methods retrospective cohort study of blunt trauma patients with rib fractures at a level i trauma center that had both a cxr and a ct chest. the ct finding of ≥ 3 additional fractures in patients with ≤ 3 rib fractures on cxr was considered clinically meaningful. student’s t-test and chi-square analysis were used for comparison. results we identified 499 patients with rib fractures: 93 (18.6%)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science and Innovations in Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2618-754X,2500-1388
DOI: 10.35693/2500-1388-2018-0-4-13-19