• Thoracic surgery clinics · Nov 2010

    Review

    Surgical management of chest wall trauma.

    • Tamas F Molnar.
    • Thoracic Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Pécs, Ifjusag u 13 Pécs, Hungary. tfmolnar@gmail.com
    • Thorac Surg Clin. 2010 Nov 1;20(4):475-85.

    AbstractRecent paradigm shift in major trauma profile elevates chest wall injuries among the most important topics of the specialty. Due to mass casualties of terror attacks and asymmetric warfare, civilian and military trauma care challenges thoracic surgery, traumatology, intensive anesthesiology, and related specialties. Contemporary advances of the main issues are systemically presented and discussed, such as soft tissue and bony structure injuries, complex traumas like flail chest, and extensively destroyed chest wall.

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