• Surg. Clin. North Am. · Feb 1989

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    Chest wall injuries.

    • J W Pate.
    • Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
    • Surg. Clin. North Am. 1989 Feb 1; 69 (1): 59-70.

    AbstractChest wall injuries range from relatively trivial to fatal flail chest or huge defects. Significant chest wall injury is present in about one third of patients admitted after severe trauma. In management, the principal areas to be considered are pain control, open wounds, pneumothorax, flail chest, and pulmonary contusion.

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